Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski finds herself on an 8-match win streak after capturing her second straight WTA doubles title on the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday.
The 30-year-old and her associate, Giuliana Olmos of Mexico, had been seeded second within the draw and lifted the trophy with out dropping a set. Within the remaining, they defeated the fourth-seeded workforce of American Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez of Australia 6-4, 6-4 to take dwelling prime honours on the WTA 500 occasion.
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The victory is Dabrowski’s third doubles title of the 2022 season and the thirteenth of her profession to go together with a pair of Grand Slam blended doubles crowns from the 2018 Australian Open and Roland Garros in 2017. She and Olmos additionally gained the Madrid WTA 1000 clay court docket occasion this spring.
Final week in Chennai, Dabrowski teamed up with Luisa Stefani of Brazil. Taking part in their first match collectively since final summer time when Stefani suffered a critical knee harm within the semifinals of the U.S. Open that stored her out for a full calendar yr, the pair didn’t miss a beat. They gained the title with out dropping a set. Additionally they didn’t lose greater than 4 video games in any of these units.
Due to her two consecutive trophies, Dabrowski will transfer as much as no. 8 on the WTA doubles rankings, simply 4 off her career-high of no. 4.
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