Canada's Wilkerson, Humana-Paredes clinch knockout round spot with lucky loser win

Canadians Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson advanced to the knockout round of the Paris Olympics beach volleyball tournament, defeating Marie-Sára Štochlová and Barbora Hermannová from the Czech Republic in straight sets late Saturday night.

Earlier in the evening, the Canadian duo fell to Latvia's Tina Graudina and Anastasija Samoilova in their final pool stage match, forcing them into the lucky loser round.

They rebounded strongly, winning 21-15, 21-12 at Eiffel Tower Stadium.

"It's a new tournament now. Whatever happened is in the past and now we just move forward," said Wilkerson, who also emerged from the lucky loser bracket at the Tokyo Games to upset a third-seeded American team.

"When you're having a hard go... it really helps lean into the gratitude of what we're doing here and to be able to show up and appreciate just what that moment is."

Canada will now face the American pairing of Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss in the round of 16 on Monday at 12 p.m. ET.

Japan beat France in the other women's lucky loser matchup, eliminating the last of the host teams from the tournament.

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On the men's side, Canada's Dan Dearing withdrew from their lucky loser match after three points because of a back injury.

"That's part of sport. Sometimes injuries happen. Obviously horrific timing," said Dearing's partner, Sam Schachter. "It's a nightmare for Dan and me and we want to be able to share that moment with our families and the crowd and get that Olympic spirit. But, obviously, it didn't happen today."

Dearing sustained the injury during practice on Saturday morning. He and Schachter took the sand for the match that pits third-place teams