Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Czech player Barbora Krejcikova have progressed to the next round of the Cincinnati Open. They secured a victory over 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 in the Round of 32 of the women’s doubles tournament on Monday, after an hour and 33 minutes of play.
This tournament marks the first time Dabrowski and Krejcikova have teamed up. Their next challenge will be against the unseeded Czech pair Linda Noskova and Marie Bouzkova in the Round of 16 scheduled for Tuesday.
Leylah Fernandez from Laval, Quebec, and her partner Sara Errani from Italy secured a hard-fought victory against Tamara Korpatsch of Germany and British player Emily Webley-Smith on Monday night after one hour and 29 minutes on the court. Fernandez and Errani dominated the first set in just 31 minutes, but their opponents fought back in the second set, taking a 6-5 lead and serving for the win before eventually succumbing.
The Canadian-Italian duo wrapped up the match with two aces, 23 winners, one double fault, and only nine unforced errors out of the total 34. They are set to face Chan Hao-ching from Taiwan and Maya Joint from Australia in the Round of 16.
Fernandez had previously lost to Xiyu Wang of China in the women’s singles event on Sunday.
