Three-time Olympic champion Kerri Walsh Jennings and Olympic silver medalist April Ross seek their third FIVB World Tour title this year, live on NBC and NBC Sports Live Extra on Saturday.
Walsh Jennings and Ross, who mathematically met Rio Olympic qualification earlier this week, play China’s Xue Chen and Xia Xinyi in the Cincinnati Open final.
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Xue is a familiar opponent for Walsh Jennings.
Xue and previous partner Zhang Xi earned bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and gave Walsh Jennings and former partner Misty May-Treanor their closest match of the 2012 Olympic elimination round, a 22-20, 22-20 semifinal result.