Defending champions Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson secured two wins on Thursday at the Montreal Elite event on the FIVB Beach Pro Tour. The Toronto pair defeated Brazil’s Carolina Horta and Ana Patricia Ramos 21-12, 21-12 in their first match and then went on to claim a 21-13, 21-16 victory against the Lithuanian duo of Monika Paulikiene and Aine Raupelyte.
Having previously won titles in 2023 and 2025, Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson are aiming for a third consecutive victory. In 2024, when there was no tournament in Montreal, the duo had faced Ramos and Eduarda (Duda) Lisboa in the beach volleyball gold-medal match at the Paris Olympics, ultimately losing. However, in their recent encounter, the Toronto team outscored the Brazilians 26-18 on attack points and 8-1 on serves, marking a measure of revenge.
In other matches, Lea Monkhouse of Mississauga, Ont., and Marie-Alex Belanger of Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez, Que., suffered a 21-15, 21-15 defeat to Tina Graudina and Anastasija Samoilova of Latvia. On the men’s side, Samuel Schachter of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Jonathan Pickett of Wiarton, Ont., split their two matches, while Cameron Chadwick of Barrie, Ont., and Steven Abrams of Georgetown, Ont., lost both of their matches.
The competition at Parc Jean-Drapeau will continue until Sunday.
