The AVP is heading back to the beach with a bunch of new teams and a lot more tournaments for them to figure things out.

Gold medal favorites Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan kept up their strong start in beach volleyball on Monday in Tokyo.

Canada's Pavan/Melissa, the No. 1 women's beach volleyball team in the world, took down the Netherlands' Stam/Schoon convincingly in first match.