{"id":321650,"date":"2026-08-14T22:28:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/321650\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T22:28:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:28:57","slug":"a-shove-a-split-and-a-shot-at-history-manhattan-beach-open-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/321650\/","title":{"rendered":"A Shove, A Split And A Shot At History: Manhattan Beach Open Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pair won the Manhattan Beach Open in 2024 and 2025 and arrive seeking a third consecutive title. Among those standing in their way are No. 2 seeds Megan Kraft and Kelly Cheng and No. 3 seeds Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson, none of whom has won a Manhattan Beach Open title.<\/p>\n<p>General admission on the sand is free throughout the weekend, with <a href=\"https:\/\/avp.com\/tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reserved ticketed<\/a> seating also available. General admission seating is first come, first served.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s competition begins at 8 a.m., with elimination rounds continuing through the semifinals. Sunday&#8217;s semifinals and finals will be played on stadium court.<\/p>\n<p>All courts will stream Friday on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@avpbeach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">AVP YouTube<\/a> channel. Stadium and feature courts will stream Saturday on Bally Sports Live and AVP YouTube, while Sunday&#8217;s action will also air on CBS Sports Network and The CW.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers are encouraging spectators to use public parking, carpool or rideshare. Beach chairs, umbrellas and coolers are not permitted in ticketed areas or general admission grandstands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The pair won the Manhattan Beach Open in 2024 and 2025 and arrive seeking a third consecutive title.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-321650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}