5/5/2023 0 Comments Dabro tennis![]() ![]() In August, she and her partner Luisa Stefani of Brazil captured the doubles title at the National Bank Open in Montreal.ĭabrowski hasn’t been able to return home since November 2019 due to the pandemic and her competitive schedule. She was the first Canadian female to win a Grand Slam title, and represented Canada at both the Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo Games. Gabriela (Gaby) Dabrowski, 29, grew up in the city’s south end and has become one of Canada’s most successful female tennis players. In a ceremony Thursday at Ottawa City Hall, Mayor Jim Watson officially declared Sept.16 as "Gaby Dabrowski Day" in the capital. The second seeds had a second chance to close out the match at 11-10 and this time Ostapenko sent her return wide to hand the victory to Dabrowski and Olmos.Ī win in their final group stage match with fourth seeds Elise Mertens and Veronika Kudermetova would send Dabrowski and Olmos into the semifinals.An Ottawa tennis champion returned home to a special honour from her hometown. Kichenok then had a match point on her serve, but Ostapenko dumped a smash into the net. However, they lost both points on her serve, including an easy volley wide from Kichenok, to give Dabrowski a match point on her own serve.ĭabrowski punched a volley long to level the tiebreak at 9-9. Dabrowski and Olmos never managed to get back in the set and were broken to love to send it to a match tiebreak.īoth teams had their leads in the breaker, but it looked like the Latvian-Ukrainian pair were in position to win it when Ostapenko served for the match at 8-7. A good return from Kichenok allowed the fifth seeds to break early as they raced out to a 3-0 lead. The second was far more straight-forward. ![]() #WTAFinals #CdnTennis /5P8Pwq8hfb- Jacob Pacheco November 3, 2022 □□Gaby Dabrowski and □□Guiliana Olmos pick up a MUCH NEEDED win at the WTA Finals after dropping their first match as they defeat □□Ostapenko/□□Kichenok 7-6(5) 2-6 (12-10!!!) While they would surrender the minibreak back, a volley winner from Dabrowski gave them a pair of set points and the Latvian missed her return on the second to drop the wild first set. Kichenok and Ostapenko grabbed an early 2-0 lead, only for the Canadian-Mexican pair to win four straight points. Kichenok and Ostapenko nearly made it three games in a row when they held three break points at 4-4 but they missed them all.Ī second chance came at 5-5 and this time Ostapenko ripped a forehand winner to set Kichenok up to serve for the set, but a brilliant poach volley from Dabrowski set up double break point and an Ostapenko error on a deciding point that was also a set point sent it to a tiebreak. However, the lead did not last as a missed volley from Dabrowski gave the break back. The first set was a roller coaster, with both teams taking and surrendering the lead.įirst, it was Dabrowski and Olmos putting their opponents on the back foot and breaking serve for a 4-2 lead after holding break points in each of the fifth seeds first three service games. ![]() #WTAFinals /jqEoKdZ2n5- WTA Finals November 3, 2022ĭespite winning three fewer points than their opponents, Dabrowski and Olmos won the most important points to claim a 7-6(5), 2-6, 12-10 win. MATCH POINT SAVED ✅ & survive a 7-6(5), 2-6, marathon over Kichenok & Ostapenko. ![]()
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