MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Olympic champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh opened the AVP Tour season with a victory today, beating second-seeded Elaine Youngs and Nicole Branagh 21-15, 17-21, 15-13 in the AVP Gold Crown Miami Open.

May-Treanor and Walsh avenged a semifinal loss to Youngs and Branagh last year.

"You wouldn't like it to be that close, but a win's a win, and we'll take it," May-Treanor said. "It's nice when you can come back against a great team like that. Usually Nicole and EY, when they've got you down, pretty much you're down. So it's nice, and hopefully we'll gain experience from it."

In the men's final, top-seeded Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers successfully defended their title, beating Nick Lucena and Sean Scott 21-14, 21-13.

Scott is a Punahou School alum.