Canada's Wilkerson, Humana-Paredes upset U.S. to reach Olympic beach volleyball quarterfinals

Canada's Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson are through to the quarterfinals of the women's beach volleyball competition at the Paris Olympics after a 2-0 upset of Americans Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss in the Round of 16 on Monday at Eiffel Tower Stadium.

Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson, both from Toronto, posted set scores of 21-19, 21-18 in the victory over the Americans, who entered the match ranked second in the world.

Humana-Paredes had a match-high 15 points and added four points on serve, while Wilkerson had 11 attack points and a match-high five blocks.

The fourth-seeded Canadians advanced to the Round of 16 with a 2-0 win in the "lucky loser" round over Barbora Hermannova and Marie-Sara Stochlova of the Czech Republic after finishing third in their group

They will next face Spain's Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno on Wednesday. Watch live coverage on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Olympics app and CBC Gem.

Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson advanced to the quarterfinals at the Tokyo Games with different partners before joining forces.

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