Canceled party: Scrubbed match silences Olympic beach venue

Margareta Kozuch, of Germany, right, and teammate Laura Ludwig react during a women's beach volleyball match against Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

A volunteer wearing plastic gloves holds the ball during a men's beach volleyball match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Nina Betschart, of Switzerland, serves during a women's beach volleyball match against Germany in the empty Shiokaze Park at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Brazil play against Argentina at the empty Shiokaze Park during a women's beach volleyball match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Agatha Bednarczuk and Eduarda Santos Lisboa, of Brazil, celebrates a point against Argentina during a women's beach volleyball match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Pablo Herrera Allepuz, of Spain, dives for the ball during a men's beach volleyball match against of the Russian Olympic Committee, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

The sand is empty during first women's beach volleyball match of the 2020 Summer Olympics between Japan and Czech Republic after it was canceled, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. The Czech team says beach volleyball player Markéta Sluková has entered a quarantine hotel after testing positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Alison Cerutti, of Brazil, celebrates after winning a men's beach volleyball match against Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Agatha Bednarczuk, of Brazil, and Eduarda Santos Lisboa, of Brazil, reacts after a point against Argentina during a women's beach volleyball match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Alison Cerutti, of Brazil, left, hits the ball past Nicolas Capogrosso, of Argentina, during a men's beach volleyball match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Athletes from Germany left, and Latvia, right, play beach volleyball ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at Shiokaze Park, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Alexander Brouwer, of the Netherlands, serves against the United States during a men's beach volleyball match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Philip Dalhausser, of the United States, enters the Shiokaze Park before a men's beach volleyball match against Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Christopher McHugh, of Australia, gestures to his teammate as Anders Berntsen Mol and Christian Sandlie Sorum, of Norway, wait for his serve during a men's beach volleyball match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)