Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Barbora Krejcikova from Czechia progressed to the next round at the Cincinnati Open. They secured a victory against the fourth-seeded team comprising 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 tournament on Monday. The match lasted for one hour and 33 minutes.
This tournament marks the debut partnership of Dabrowski and Krejcikova. 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, Leylah Fernandez from Laval, Quebec, and Sara Errani from Italy secured a victory against Tamara Korpatsch from Germany and British player Emily Webley-Smith after a grueling one hour and 29 minutes, with a score of 6-2, 7-6 (2) on Monday night.
Although Fernandez and Errani dominated the first set, their opponents fought back in the second set, even leading 6-5 and serving for the win but ultimately falling short. Fernandez and Errani displayed excellent performance with two aces, 23 winners, one double fault, and just nine unforced errors out of the match’s 34. They are set to face Chan Hao-ching from Taiwan and Maya Joint from Australia in the Round of 16.
Fernandez, who was defeated by Xiyu Wang from China in the women’s singles event on Sunday, continues to compete in the doubles tournament alongside Errani.