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 pair of Cristina Bucsa from Spain and Nicole Melichar-Martinez from the USA 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 debut collaboration between Dabrowski and Krejcikova. They are set to challenge the unseeded Czech pair Linda Noskova and Marie Bouzkova in the Round of 16 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Leylah Fernandez from Laval, Que., and her partner Sara Errani from Italy secured a victory in one hour and 29 minutes against 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 in 31 minutes, but Korpatsch and Webley-Smith staged a strong comeback in the second set, leading 6-5 and serving for the win but failing to capitalize. 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 scheduled to compete against 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 of China in the second round on Sunday.