Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Barbora Krejcikova from Czechia have progressed in the Cincinnati Open. They secured a victory against the fourth-seeded pairing of Cristina Bucsa from Spain and Nicole Melichar-Martinez from the USA with a score of 6-3, 1-6, 10-4 during the Round of 32 in the women’s doubles event on Monday. The match lasted for one hour and 33 minutes.
This tournament marks the first time that Dabrowski and Krejcikova have teamed up. Their next opponents in the Round of 16, scheduled for Tuesday, will be the unseeded Czech pair of Linda Noskova and Marie Bouzkova.
In another match, Leylah Fernandez from Laval, Que., and her partner Sara Errani from Italy triumphed over Tamara Korpatsch from Germany and British player Emily Webley-Smith in a match that lasted one hour and 29 minutes, ending with a score of 6-2, 7-6 (2) on Monday evening.
Fernandez and Errani dominated the first set in just 31 minutes, but Korpatsch and Webley-Smith put up a strong fight in the second set. Despite leading 6-5 and serving for victory, the German-British duo couldn’t secure the win.
Fernandez and Errani showcased two aces, 23 winners, one double fault, and a total of nine unforced errors out of the match’s 34 errors. Their next challenge will be against Chan Hao-ching from Taiwan and Maya Joint from Australia in the Round of 16.
Fernandez had previously been defeated by Xiyu Wang from China in the second round of the women’s singles competition on Sunday.
