As consolation prizes go, $100,000 can wipe away a lot of tears, but titles are what really counts.
So while Elaine Youngs and Nicole Branagh can fatten their wallets with a cash bonus for winning the Cuervo Gold Crown, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh will have to clear room in the trophy case for yet another title as they powered their way to the championship of the Huntington Beach Open.
It was simply a matter of May-Treanor and Walsh being too strong Sunday, as Youngs and Branagh dug a hole for themselves with unforced errors while their opponents shed early match stagnation and replaced it with nearly flawless and, at times, spectacular play.
"We were in neutral and then we found drive," May-Treanor said of the No. 1 seed's 21-13, 21-13 victory.
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