Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Luisa Stefani were beaten in the WTA Finals women’s doubles semifinals Saturday night.
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Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski’s unbeaten run at the WTA Finals ended Saturday night when she and partner Luisa Stefani of Brazil were defeated in the women’s doubles semifinals.
Dabrowski of Ottawa, the top-seeded team, and Stefani, who were 3-0 in Group 1 round-robin play, lost to American Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova of Czechia 7-6 (4), 6-3 in one hour, 41 minutes at the finals.
Townsend and Siniakova, seeded second at the Indian Wells tournament, had been 2-1 in their Group 2 pool. They entered the semifinals after dropping their lone group match to eighth-seeded Italians Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini, which moved them to second in their group.
The group finish set up a semifinal against Dabrowski and Stefani. Meanwhile, the other semifinal matched Hanyu Guo of China and Kristina Mladenovic of France against Errani and Paolini.
The Canadian duo struggled with service in the semifinal, committing seven double faults and recording two aces. They got 57 per cent of their first serves in, produced 13 unforced errors and 11 winners, and lost all 10 of their return games.
Townsend and Siniakova had one ace and one double fault, made 19 unforced errors and hit 27 winners. They won all 10 of their service games and won two of their 11 return games.
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