By Canadian Press

Canadian teams fall in quarterfinals at beach volleyball tournament

Jul 9, 2022 | 11:23 AM

GSTAAD, Switzerland — Two Canadian duos fell in quarterfinal play Saturday at the Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 beach volleyball competition.

Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto and Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ont., dropped a 21-11, 21-13 decision to Brazil’s Duda and Ana Patricia.

Australia’s Mariafe Artacho and Taliqua Clancy defeated Toronto’s Sophie Bukovec and Brandie Wilkerson 16-21, 21-10, 15-12.

Duda and Patricia beat Bukovec and Wilkerson last month in the final of the world championship.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 9, 2022.

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