Luisa Stefani opened her march to the WTA 1000 in Indian Wells with victory. This Sunday, the Brazilian and the Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski beat the Kazakh Anna Danilina and the North American Asia Muhammad, current vice-champion of the tournament (alongside the Japanese Ena Shibahara), by 2 sets to 0, with partials of 6/1 and 6/3, after 1h01.
In the round of 16, Stefani and Dabrowski face the duo made up of Chilean Alexa Guarachi and New Zealander Erin Routliffe, responsible for beating the 3rd seed, the Chinese Yifan Xu and Zhaoxuan Yang.
“Good start. Very clean game from us. I think they played a bit low, they were erratic, but we managed to keep the level and the pressure on them all the time, which was important for the game. victory in straight sets. Very happy for the debut, playing together again. Excited for the next round, a good duo who started playing together recently, but they are a good match,” Luisa said.
Stefani and Dabrowski resumed their partnership following the success of 2021, when they were champions at the WTA 1000 in Montreal, Canada, runners-up in Cincinnati and San Jose, USA. The duo were playing in the US Open semi-finals when Luisa suffered a knee injury and was sidelined for a year. When Paulistana returned in September 2022, they played together and won the title at the WTA 250 in Chennai, India.
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