Canada’s Schachter, Pickett upset world No. 1 Swedes at Montreal beach volley stop
Ontario athletes Sam Schachter and Jonathan Pickett stunned the world No. 1 Swedish team of Jacob Hölting Nilsson and Elmer Andersson in the Elite16 beach volleyball stop in Montreal. The 39th-ranked Canadians defeated their much-hyped opponents 2-0 (21-19, 21-17) in the quarterfinals on Saturday. This impressive victory came just a day after Schachter and Pickett eliminated Austria's Alexander Horst and Paul Pascariuc.
Their next opponents in the semifinals will be Brazil's Renato Andrew Lima de Carvalho and André Stein. Meanwhile, Canadian women's team Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson are also making a run for a three-peat in the women's event. They currently face Latvia's Tina Graudina and Anastasija Kravcenoka in the quarterfinals, with Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson holding previous titles from 2023 and 2025, alongside an Olympic silver medal in between.
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