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Canada's Melissa Humana-Paredes (right) and Brandie Wilkerson walk back to their bench during the beach volleyball final at the Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
By The Canadian Press

Humana-Paredes, Wilkerson start strong at Montreal beach volleyball tournament

Aug 20, 2026 | 2:49 PM

MONTREAL — Defending champions Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson opened the FIVB Beach Pro Tour’s stop in Montreal with a comfortable 2-0 win over Brazil’s Carolina Horta and Ana Patricia Ramos on Thursday.

Set scores were 21-12, 21-12.

Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson are seeking a third straight title at the Montreal beach volleyball tournament after winning in 2023 and 2025. There was no tournament in Montreal in 2024, when Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson advanced to the gold-medal game of the Paris Olympics before losing to Ramos and partner Eduarda (Duda) Lisboa.

The Toronto team got a measure of revenge Thursday, outscoring the Brazilians 26-18 on attack points and 8-1 on serves.

Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson played a second game against Lithuania’s Monika Paulikiene and Aine Raupelyte later Thursday.

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In early men’s results, Samuel Schachter of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Jonathan Pickett of Wiarton, Ont., lost 2-0 to Brazil’s Evandro Oliveira and Arthur Lanci, and Cameron Chadwick of Barrie, Ont., and Steven Abrams of Georgetown, Ont., fell 2-0 to Jacob Holting Nilsson and Elmer Andersson of Sweden.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 20, 2026.

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by The Canadian Press

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