Canada opens women's sitting volleyball World Cup with win over Brazil

Canada opened the 2023 WPV Sitting Volleyball World Cup with a victory over Brazil on Monday in Cairo.

No. 2 Canada got its toughest competition out of the way in its first game, dispatching the No. 3-ranked Brazilian team 3-1 (15-25, 25-21, 25-22, 25-20).

"Being in our first World Cup I think the nerves got the best of us in the first set against an opponent who we lost last to in the world championships a year ago," said team Canada setter Sarah Melenka to Volleyball Canada. "We brushed off the first set really quick, the team stuck it out, we played with grit, for each other, the flag on our chest and for our families back at home."

Heidi Peters and the women's sitting volleyball team are headed to Cairo, Egypt to compete in the World Cup and hopefully punch their ticket to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Paris2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Paris2024</a>!