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A dupla Luisa Stefani e Gabriela Dabrowski já estava classificada para o WTA Finals e havia conquistado quatro títulos na temporada até então, incluindo o WTA 1000 de Dubai.
A dupla da tenista brasileira Luisa Stefani com a canadense Gabriela Dabrowski assegurou presença nas semifinais do WTA 1000 de Pequim (China). Nesta quinta-feira (8), elas despacharam as atuais campeãs olímpicas, as italianas Sara Errani e Jasmine Paolini, por 2 sets a 0, com parciais de 7/5 e 7/6 (8/6).
Número 3 do mundo, a parceria de Stefani volta à quadra no próximo sábado (10) contra a belga Elise Mertens e a russa Diana Shnaider (cabeças de chave 6). O horário da partida segue indefinido.
"Muito felizes com a vitória. Elas são uma grande dupla e foi um jogo de alto nível. Respeito muito a maneira como jogam, como se comportam, como elas lidam com tudo, são bem representativas. Foi divertido dividir a quadra com elas, foi um grande jogo, uma espécie de gato e rato, jogo de xadrez. Ficamos felizes em termos finalizado em dois sets", comemorou Stefani.
Stefani e Dabrowski estrearam em Pequim com vitória sobre as anfitriãs Qianhui Tang e Yifan Xu, com um duplo 6/4. Na sequência, eliminaram nas oitavas a parceria da norte-americana Quinn Gleason com a norueguesa Ulrike Eikeri, também por 2 sets a 0.
Já classificadas para o WTA Finals – torneio em novembro com as oito melhores duplas da temporada – a dupla Brasil-Canadá conquistou quatro títulos este ano - WTA 1000 de Dubai, WTA 500 de Estrasburgo e os WTA 250 Eastbourne (Inglaterra) e SP Open – e o vice-campeonato no Torneio de Wimbledon.
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A dupla Stefani/Dabrowski vencerá a partida contra Elise Mertens e Diana Shnaider e avançará à final do WTA 1000 de Pequim.
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