NEWPORT BEACH — Trevor and Taylor Crabb are playing like they never split up.

Paired together for a top-flight international beach volleyball tournament for the first time in nine years, the Crabb brothers swept both their matches on Friday to advance to Saturday’s semifinals alongside the Newport Beach Pier.

“We’re clicking right now at the right time,” Trevor said. “After some time away from each other, I think it was good, and now we’re just rolling and having fun with it.”

The Crabbs went 2-1 in pool play on Wednesday and Thursday and the Redondo Beach residents then became the only American men’s team to advance to the quarterfinals when they beat Mark Nicolaidis and Izac Carracher of Australia in the Round of 12 on Friday morning, 21-13, 21-19

A few hours later, the Crabbs took o

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