Canada's Wilkerson, Humana-Paredes fall in Paris Elite16 beach volleyball quarterfinal
Canada's Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes are out of the women's beach volleyball Elite16 Paris stop.
The third-seeded Canadians lost to World No. 1 Ana Patricia Ramos and Eduarda Santos Lisboa (Duda) of Brazil 2-0 (10-21, 19-21) in the quarterfinal in Paris on Saturday.
The Toronto duo, seventh in the world ranking, edged No. 16 Svenja Müller and Cinja Tillmann of Germany 2-1 (21-14, 19-21, 15-11) earlier on Saturday in the round of 12 after finishing the group stage with a 1-2 record.
The Canadians won bronze in the Ostraza, Czech Republic stop in June and were ousted in the quarterfinals in Qatar, Mexico (Tepic), Switzerland (Gstaad) and Germany (Hamburg).
The final stop of the nine-event season is set for João Pessoa, Brazil, in November. Wilkerson and Humana-Paredes sat out the first Brazilian stop of the season in Uberlandia in April.
CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem will stream the final and the bronze medal match live from Paris on Sunday.