Beach Pro Tour | Gold for Canadians Wilkerson and Humana-Paredes

(Jurmala) Canadians Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes won their first team gold medal at the Beach Pro Tour on Sunday.


Canada beat Switzerland’s Zoé Vergé-Dépré and Esmée Böbner 2-0 (21-17 21-17) in the final of the Jurmala tournament.

Their rivals put pressure on serve, but Canada had a 5-1 blocking advantage and made fewer errors.

Torontonians, Wilkerson and Humana-Paredes won bronze in an Elite 16 competition in the Czech Republic earlier this month.

Earlier Sunday, Canada beat Latvia’s Anastasija Samoilova and Tina Graudina 2-0 (21-17, 21-16) to advance to the final.

Latvia won bronze 2-1 against Brazilians Taina and Victoria (21-11, 20-22, 15-13).


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