Phil Dalhausser and Sean Rosenthal have ended their beach volleyball partnership, with Rosenthal saying Dalhausser’s recent oblique injury played a role in breaking up the most successful pair in the world in 2014.
“I think if he doesn’t have that oblique injury, we’re out playing and we’re back to where we’ve been the last two years, as the No. 1 team in the world,” Rosenthal said, according to Redbull.com. “When we weren’t injured, we were the best team in the world. We’ve had to deal with some injuries, and I don’t think either of us have had to do that our whole career, so that put a little more pressure on us: ‘Why aren’t they winning all the time?