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Updated at 6:56 p.m., Saturday, May 19, 2007

Kiraly, Kevin Wong stay in contention at Hermosa Open

Associated Press

HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. — Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh swept all three of their matches today and advanced to the finals in the AVP Toyota Hermosa Beach Open.

On the men's side, Karch Kiraly and Punahou alum Kevin Wong will face No. 6 seed Casey Jennings and Mark Williams in their first match today.

The duo won their first two games against Scott Davenport and Mike DiPierro, 21-13, 21-15, and Anthony Medel and Fred Souza, 32-34, 21-17, 15-13. However, they were knocked into the contenders bracket with a loss against No. 2 seed Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal, 21-10, 21-15. Kiraly and Wong finished the day with a win against George Roumain and Larry Witt, 25-23, 21-18.

With a title win Sunday, May-Treanor would earn her 73 career victory, surpassing Holly McPeaks record of 72 career wins.

Top seed May-Treanor and Walsh defeated Victoria Prince, a former University of Hawai'i player, and Chrissie Zartman in their first game, 21-12, 21-11 and beat Katie and Tracy Lindquist in their second game, 21-15, 21-13. They finished the day with a win against No. 8 seed Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan, 23-21, 21-16. The duo will face No. 5 seed Jennifer Boss and April Ross in their first Sunday match.

Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers were dominant on the mens side, sweeping each of their three matches. In their first two matches, Dalhausser and Rogers beat Sam Haghighi and Dane Pearson, 21-19, 21-11, and Brent Doble and Ryan Mariano, 21-16, 21-14. In their last match of the day, the duo beat Matt Fuerbringer and Sean Scott, a Punahou alum, 21-16, 22-20.

No. 1 seed Rogers and Dalhausser have won three of the four events on the AVP Crocs Tour this season.