Humana-Paredes, Wilkerson fall in Montreal Elite16 semifinal, will play for bronze
The Canadian beach volleyball duo of Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson fell short in the semifinals of the Montreal Elite16 tournament, losing 21-19, 20-22, 15-7 to Brazil’s Thamela Galil and Victoria Tosta on Sunday.
Wilkerson led Canada with 29 total points, including 20 kills, eight blocks and a serve point. Humana-Paredes added 13 points, with 12 kills and a serve point.
The loss ended their hopes of completing a three-peat, but the Canadians will play Germany’s Svenja Müller and Cinja Tillmann for the bronze medal.
Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson won the Montreal titles in 2023 and 2025, with an Olympic silver medal in between.
Canada’s Sam Schachter and Jonathan Pickett pulled off a major upset over world No. 1s Jacob Hölting Nilsson and Elmer Andersson to reach the men’s semifinals at the FIVB Beach Pro Tour event on Saturday.
The 39th-ranked Canadians fell short in the semifinal Sunday morning, losing 2-1 (21-12, 16-21, 16-14) to Brazil’s Renato Andrew Lima de Carvalho and André Loyola Stein.
The Ontario duo will play Norway’s Hendrik Mol and Mathias Berntsen in the third-place match.
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