<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>BEIJING -- Defending Olympic beach volleyball gold medalists Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor easily won their opener in the Beijing Games on Sunday, beating Mika Teru Saiki and Chiaki Kusuhara of Japan 21-12, 21-15. In an intermittent rain that left the Chaoyang Park venue a sea of yellow ponchos, the Americans needed just 36 minutes to dispatch the 23rd-ranked Olympic veterans. The victory came a day after President Bush watched May-Treanor and Walsh practice. On Sunday, their visitor was NBA star and U.S. Olympic basketball player Jason Kidd, who is May-Treanor's favorite player.</div> ESPN
