Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and her Brazilian playing partner Luisa Stefani, seeded second in the women’s doubles at the Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open, defeated American combo Peyton Stearns and Ingrid Neel 6-4, 6-2 on Monday.
Dabrowski and Stefani, who needed just 61 minutes to win the best-of-three match, advance to the quarterfinals and will face seventh-seeded duo Cristina Bucsa of Spain and American Nicole Melichar-Martinez.
Dabrowski and Stefani finished the round of 16 with two aces and one double fault. They won all nine service games and won three of the nine return games. They also won three of six break points.
Stearns and Neel had two aces and one double fault while winning six of nine service games. No return games or break points were won.
Victoria Mboko from Toronto and her Russian playing partner Mirra Andreeva won a thrilling three-set match against Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia and American Hailey Baptiste.
Mboko and Andreeva needed one hour and forty minutes to record a 7-6 (7), 3-6, 11-9 victory and punch their ticket to the quarter-finals, where they would face Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic and Russian-born Kazakhstani Anna Danilina.
Mboko and Andreeva hit four aces and six double faults in Monday’s win. They won only four of the eleven service games, but won five of the ten return games. They also saved six of thirteen break points and won five of eight break points.
Meanwhile, in the men’s doubles, Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos of Brazil made quick work of Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo and his American partner Evan King with 6-2, 6-2 wins in a match that took 59 minutes.
The Brazilians had two aces, two double faults, won four of ten break points and saved their only break. Diallo and King had no aces, one double fault, lost their only break point and saved six of the ten break points.
Diallo and King also did not win any return games and won four of the eight service games. Their opponents won four of the eight return games and won all eight service games.
The Brazilians will play in the eighth finals against the American Christian Harrison and the British partner Neal Skupski.
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