Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Barbora Krejcikova from Czechia have progressed to the next round at the Cincinnati Open. They secured a victory against the fourth-seeded duo of Cristina Bucsa from Spain and Nicole Melichar-Martinez from the United States with a score of 6-3, 1-6, 10-4 in the Round of 32 of the women’s doubles competition on Monday. The match lasted for one hour and 33 minutes.
This tournament marks the first time that Dabrowski and Krejcikova have teamed up. They are set to compete against the unseeded Czech pair of Linda Noskova and Marie Bouzkova in the Round of 16 scheduled for Tuesday.
In another match, Leylah Fernandez from Laval, Quebec, and her partner Sara Errani from Italy required one hour and 29 minutes to defeat Tamara Korpatsch from Germany and British player Emily Webley-Smith with a score of 6-2, 7-6 (2) on Monday evening.
Fernandez and Errani dominated the first set within 31 minutes, but Korpatsch and Webley-Smith mounted a strong comeback in the second set. Despite leading 6-5 and serving for the victory, their opponents couldn’t seal the deal.
The Canadian-Italian duo concluded the match with two aces, 23 winners, one double fault, and only nine unforced errors out of a total of 34. They are now set to face Chan Hao-ching from Taiwan and Maya Joint from Australia in the Round of 16.
Fernandez had previously been defeated by Xiyu Wang from China in the women’s singles event on Sunday.