BEIJING OLYMPICS:

BEIJING — Misty May-Treanor, a Newport Harbor High product, and Kerri Walsh advanced to the beach volleyball final this morning in China, beating Brazil in straight sets to earn the chance to repeat their Athens victory.

The Americans beat Renata Ribeiro and Talita Antunes 21-12, 21-14 for their 107th consecutive victory. Walsh and May-Treanor will play top-seeded Tian Jia and Wang Jie of China in the gold-medal match. Tian and Wang defeated their compatriots Xue Chen and Zhang Xi. Playing in the longest women’s beach volleyball match of the Beijing Games, Tian and Wang won, 22-24, 29-27, 15-8.

“We know, definitely, the crowd will be with us,” May-Treanor told the Associate Press, joking about playing in front of Tian and Wang’s home crowd in the final.

— From staff reports