Humana-Paredes, Pavan continue to roll in women’s beach volleyball

TOKYO — It was another busy day of action for Canadian athletes at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

In beach volleyball, Toronto’s Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, improved to 2-0 in preliminaryround competition with a 2-0 win over Germany’s Julia Sude and Karla Borger.

The Canadian duo has been quite impressive and have yet to drop a set in Tokyo.

In tennis, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., lost her secondround match 6-2, 6-4 to Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic.

That leaves the mixed doubles team of Felix Auger-Aliassime and Gabriela Dabrowski as the only Canadian entry left.

In boxing, Montreal’s Caroline Veyre posted a convincing 5-0 win over Croatia’s Nikolina Cacic in the women’s featherweight round of 16.

Veyre will take on Italy’s Irma Testa in Wednesday’s quarterfinals.

Canada’s men’s rugby sevens team, making its Olympic debut, was defeated 24-0 by Britain and 28-14 by the defending gold medallists from Fiji.

In diving, Vincent Riendeau and Nathan Zsombor-Murray, both from of Pointe-Claire, Que., were fifth in the men’s synchronized 10-metre platform.

Tyler Mislawchuk of Oak Bluff, Man., was the top Canadian finisher in the men’s triathlon, finishing 15th.

Host Japan beat Canada 3-1 in men’s volleyball. And in softball, Canada downed Italy 8-1.

Next up for Canada is the bronze-medal game Tuesday.