Katja Stam

Yes, Melissa Humala Paredes and Brandi Wilkerson were not there.

But in came Katja Stam and Reijr Schoon, so there's not a big asterisk on that for me.

Uh, again, no Mel and Brandi.

Again, no Kristen and Taryn, which puts Kelly and Meg, to me, as the big favorites.

Uh, she's played the highest level for a, a long, long time.

They opened their tournament up second round stunning, uh, Brecht's countrywomen, Katja Stam and Rise Schoon.

And so they stayed in that winners bracket throughout, uh, dropped, ended up taking a, uh, a fourth, so good on Molly Shaw, big finish.

Uh, fun to see Molly sort of embrace, "Now I can play with an international player.

And she had the choice to play for USA or Brazil.

She will soon make her, her Bra- Brazil debut, uh, at a Futures in Turquie with Andressa Cavalcanti, so this was their sort of partnership debut, played last week at the Mother Lode, took a third.

Uh, played here in Hermosa, took a fifth, took out Katja Stam and Rise Schoon.

Pretty good resume bullet point for a high school kid for Taise.

Missing Melon Brandy, one of the best teams in the world, just took a bronze in Montreal, that's a dinger.

But we are bringing in Raisa Schoon and Katja Stam, that is our women's wild card.

And then you have Reika Orsi Toth playing with Megan Rice.

Terese Cannon coming back, should be better than she was at MBO, playing with Betsy Flint.

Um, but he said, you know, "I'm gonna take off." But then him and Matthias, they will actually be in town, uh, but they will not play Hermosa.

Uh, we'll have, uh, Katja Stam, Reijsse Kroon, uh, they're gonna play.

Uh, and largely they're gonna play because there's nothing on the Beach Pro Tour schedule for the foreseeable future.

So they're like, "Yeah, we're gonna, we're gonna come out and play." Uh, they'll be our women's wild cards.