Canada's world champions Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes toppled the Olympic champions to secure their place in the final of the International Volleyball Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals ©Getty Images

Canada's world champions Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes toppled America's Olympic champions April Ross and Alix Klineman to secure their place in the final of the International Volleyball Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals.

Earlier in the day, Ross and Klinemann bested compatriots Sarah Sponcil and Kelly Claes, who are ranked number two in the world, 18-21, 21-13, 15-8 to move into the semi-finals.

However, Pavan and Humana-Paredes continued their sensational form at the World Tour Finals, winning their fifth of five matches at the event, once again not dropping a set.

The Canadians won 21-15, 21-12 in a blowout, after which they expressed their glee at the chance to win gold.

"We’re very happy!" said Pavan.

"We wanted to end the season making a final. 

"We have an opportunity to win a gold medal. 

"Playing in this environment against the top teams in the world is so exciting and to be able to put that kind of performance on the court is excellent!"

In the final, the Canadian duo will face Germany’s Karla Borger and Julia Sude, who came through two brutal matches to claim a final spot.

In the quarter-finals, Borger and Sude defeated Brazil's Ágatha Bednarczuk and Eduarda Santos Lisboa 21-16, 24-26, 15-11, before handing Russian pair Nadezda Makroguzova and Svetlana Kholomina their first defeat of the tournament in the semi-finals.

Borger and Sude won 21-13, 20-22, 15-11, coming back from second-set disappointment to ease their way through the third set.

Anders Mol and Christian Sørum are through to the final after a brilliant comeback to defeat The Netherlands' Christiaan Varenhorst and Steven van de Velde in the semi-finals ©Getty Images
Anders Mol and Christian Sørum are through to the final after a brilliant comeback to defeat The Netherlands' Christiaan Varenhorst and Steven van de Velde in the semi-finals ©Getty Images

"It’s really emotional for us to end the season with a final," said Sude.

"We had a pretty bad start, but this was a revenge for the pool match against Russia. 

"They played a really, really good season. 

"They are big talents. 

"So congrats to them as well! 

"We were even surprised to qualify for this event, but tomorrow we are in the final! 

"We are really happy!"

In the men's competition, Norway's Olympic champions Anders Mol and Christian Sørum produced a sensational comeback against The Netherlands' Christiaan Varenhorst and Steven van de Velde to move into the final.

After losing the first set and at 15-10 down in the second, Mol and Sørum won 11 of 14 points to win the set, before eventually running out 16-21, 21-18, 15-13 victors.

They will face the Czech Republic's Ondřej Perušič and David Schweiner, who beat Italy's Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo 17-21, 21-19, 15-11.