Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Czech player Barbora Krejcikova have progressed in the Cincinnati Open tournament. They defeated the fourth-seeded duo of Spain’s Cristina Bucsa and American Nicole Melichar-Martinez with a score of 6-3, 1-6, 10-4 in the Round of 32 of the women’s doubles event on Monday, after a match lasting one hour and 33 minutes.
This tournament marks the first time Dabrowski and Krejcikova have teamed up. Their next opponents in the Round of 16 on Tuesday will be the unseeded Czech pair of Linda Noskova and Marie Bouzkova.
In another match on Monday night, Leylah Fernandez from Laval, Quebec, and her partner Sara Errani from Italy secured a victory over Tamara Korpatsch from Germany and British player Emily Webley-Smith after a match lasting one hour and 29 minutes, with a final score of 6-2, 7-6 (2).
Fernandez and Errani dominated the first set in 31 minutes, but faced a tough challenge in the second set as Korpatsch and Webley-Smith took the lead at 6-5 and had a chance to win. However, they failed to capitalize on the opportunity.
The Canadian-Italian duo finished the match with two aces, 23 winners, one double fault, and only nine unforced errors out of a total of 34. They are set to compete against Chan Hao-ching from Taiwan and Maya Joint from Australia in the Round of 16.
Fernandez had a setback on Sunday when she was defeated by Xiyu Wang from China in the second round of the women’s singles event.