Defending champions Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson secured two wins on Thursday at the Montreal Elite stop on the FIVB Beach Pro Tour circuit. The Toronto pair defeated Brazil’s Carolina Horta and Ana Patricia Ramos with a score of 21-12, 21-12 in the first match and followed it up with a 21-13, 21-16 victory against the Lithuanian duo of Monika Paulikiene and Aine Raupelyte.
Having claimed the title in 2023 and 2025, Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson are aiming for a third consecutive championship. In 2024, when there was no tournament in Montreal, the Toronto duo faced Ramos and Eduarda (Duda) Lisboa in the beach volleyball gold-medal match at the Paris Olympics, ultimately falling short. However, on Thursday, they avenged their loss by outscoring the Brazilians 26-18 in attack points and 8-1 in serves.
Lea Monkhouse from Mississauga, Ont., and Marie-Alex Belanger from Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez, Que., were defeated 21-15, 21-15 by Tina Graudina and Anastasija Samoilova of Latvia. In the men’s competition, Samuel Schachter from Richmond Hill, Ont., and Jonathan Pickett from Wiarton, Ont., split their two matches, while Cameron Chadwick from Barrie, Ont., and Steven Abrams from Georgetown, Ont., suffered two losses.
The tournament at Parc Jean-Drapeau will continue until Sunday.