Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Barbora Krejcikova from Czechia have progressed to the next round of 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 one hour and 33 minutes.
This tournament marks the first time that Dabrowski and Krejcikova have teamed up. They are set to challenge the unseeded Czech pair of Linda Noskova and Marie Bouzkova in the Round of 16 on Tuesday.
In a separate match, Leylah Fernandez from Laval, Que., and her partner Sara Errani from Italy defeated Tamara Korpatsch from Germany and Emily Webley-Smith from the UK after one hour and 29 minutes of play, with a score of 6-2, 7-6 (2) on Monday night.
Despite winning the first set in 31 minutes, Fernandez and Errani faced a tough challenge as Korpatsch and Webley-Smith rallied in the second set. The opponents even had a 6-5 lead and were serving for the win but couldn’t capitalize on the opportunity.
Fernandez and Errani’s performance included two aces, 23 winners, one double fault, and only nine unforced errors out of the total 34 in the match. They are scheduled to compete against Chan Hao-ching from Taiwan and Maya Joint from Australia in the Round of 16.
Fernandez previously faced a defeat against Xiyu Wang from China in the second round of the women’s singles event on Sunday.