Canada's Melissa Humana-Paredes in action with then-teammate聽Sarah Pavan, right, during their quarter final game at the Elite Beach Pro Tour, in Gstaad, Switzerland, Saturday, July 9, 2022.聽Humana-Paredes and her new teammate聽Brandie Wilkerson won their first Beach Pro Tour gold medal as a team on Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Keystone, Peter Schneider
Canada's Melissa Humana-Paredes in action with then-teammate聽Sarah Pavan, right, during their quarter final game at the Elite Beach Pro Tour, in Gstaad, Switzerland, Saturday, July 9, 2022.聽Humana-Paredes and her new teammate聽Brandie Wilkerson won their first Beach Pro Tour gold medal as a team on Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Keystone, Peter Schneider
J弄RMALA, Latvia - Canada's Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes won their first Beach Pro Tour gold medal as a team on Sunday.
Canada defeated Switzerland鈥檚 Zo茅 Verg茅-D茅pr茅 and Esm茅e B枚bner 2-0 (21-17 21-17) in the tournament's final.
鈥淚t was a really solid week of consistent play by us. We stuck together, overcoming some adversity and really enjoyed playing each point,鈥 said Humana-Paredes. 鈥淚t鈥檚 been a long time on the road and we鈥檙e excited to go home to celebrate with our loved ones and get ready for the next one."
Although the Swiss put pressure on Canada with their serve, Canada out blocked their opponents 5-1 and made fewer errors.
Wilkerson and Humana-Paredes, both from Toronto, won a bronze medal at the Elite 16 in Ostrava, Czech Republic, earlier this month.
Earlier Sunday, Canada also beat Latvia's Anastasija Samoilova and Tina Graudina in the semifinal 2-0 (21-17, 21-16) to advance to the gold-medal match.
Latvia ended up winning the women鈥檚 bronze medal over Brazil鈥檚 Tain谩/Victoria in a tie break (21-11, 20-22, 15-13).
This report by 国产诱惑福利 was first published June 18, 2023.
