Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Barbora Krejcikova from Czechia have progressed in the Cincinnati Open. They defeated the fourth-seeded team consisting of Spain’s Cristina Bucsa and American Nicole Melichar-Martinez with a score of 6-3, 1-6, 10-4 during the Round of 32 in the women’s doubles competition on Monday. The match lasted one hour and 33 minutes.
This tournament marks the first time Dabrowski and Krejcikova have teamed up. They are scheduled to compete against the unseeded Czech pair of Linda Noskova and Marie Bouzkova in the Round of 16 on Tuesday.
Leylah Fernandez from Laval, Que., and her partner Sara Errani from Italy secured a victory over Tamara Korpatsch from Germany and British athlete Emily Webley-Smith after a match lasting one hour and 29 minutes on Monday evening. The duo claimed the first set in 31 minutes, but faced a strong comeback from Korpatsch and Webley-Smith in the second set. Despite leading 6-5 and serving for the win, their opponents could not seal the deal.
Fernandez and Errani concluded the match with two aces, 23 winners, one double fault, and only nine unforced errors out of the total 34. They are set to challenge Chan Hao-ching from Taiwan and Maya Joint from Australia in the Round of 16.
In the women’s singles event, Fernandez was defeated by Xiyu Wang from China in the second round on Sunday.