Brazilian tennis players Luisa Stefani and Bia Haddad qualified this Sunday (30) for the quarter-finals of the WTA 1000 doubles tournament in Madrid (ESP).

Stefani, who is 25th in the world ranking, and the Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski, 7th, qualified this Sunday (30th) for the quarter-finals of the WTA 1000 in Madrid, Spain, played at the modern Caja Mágica, with a prize of 7.6 million euros, the clay soil. Stefani and Dabrowski edged younger Russian sisters Mirra and Erika Andreeva 6/3 7/5.

“A great match today, it was a difficult match, the girls are young, but they have a lot of quality, they are very competitive. Mirra is particularly confident. I was happy with the way we handled the ups and the lows and in the end we managed to play well to close out and move on to the next round The quarter finals will be another tough game but pleased with how the week is going both in training and in both games,” Luisa said.

Luisa and Gabi will face the 1st seed duo formed by the Americans Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff for a place in the semi-finals.

Bia Haddad also advances

Brazilian Bia Haddad Maia also qualified for the quarter-finals of the competition on Sunday.

Alongside Belasurian Victoria Azarenka, he relied on Russian duo Anna Kalinskaya and American Caty McNally to advance to the next round.

The Bia and Azarenka duo will face Spaniard Paola Badosa and American Bethanie Mattek-Sands.