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Canada's Dabrowski and Brazil's Stefani win doubles semifinal at Wuhan Open

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The Canadian Press. (2026, October 17). Canada's Dabrowski and Brazil's Stefani win doubles semifinal at Wuhan Open. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/tennis/canada-s-dabrowski-and-brazil-s-stefani-win-doubles-semifinal-at-wuhan-open/article_41c0f0d3-171c-50d6-9e42-32409ee1bc51.html

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Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and Luisa Stefani of Brazil won their women's doubles semifinal match at the Wuhan Open on Saturday with a decisive 6-2, 6-1 victory over Nicole Melichar-Martinez from America and Cristina Bucsa from Spain. The top-seeded pair will face Storm Hunter from Australia and Katerina Siniakova from Czechia in the final on Sunday after their win over Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini of Italy. Dabrowski and Stefani recently secured their fifth title together last weekend at the China Open, bringing Dabrowski’s career WTA Tour titles to 25.

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Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil’s Luisa Stefani won their women’s doubles semifinal match at the Wuhan Open on Saturday with a decisive victory over American Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Spanish player Cristina Bucsa, winning 6-2, 6-1. The top-seeded pair will face Australia’s Storm Hunter and Czechia’s Katerina Siniakova in Sunday’s final after Hunter and Siniakova advanced by defeating the Italian duo of Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini with a score of 5-7, 7-5, 12-10. Dabrowski and Stefani also won last weekend at the China Open in Beijing; it was Dabrowski’s fifth title of the season and her 25th career WTA Tour crown.

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🔮 The top-seeded duo will play Australia’s Storm Hunter and Czechia’s Katerina Siniakova in Sunday’s final.

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🔮 Dabrowski and Stefani will face fifth seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the United States and Cristina Bucsa of Spain in Saturday’s semifinals at the WTA 1000 tournament.

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WUHAN - Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil’s Luisa Stefani defeated American Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Spain’s Cristina Bucsa 6-2, 6-1 in women’s doubles semifinal play Saturday at the Wuhan Open. asserted

Dabrowski → defeat → Open

The top-seeded duo will play Australia’s Storm Hunter and Czechia’s Katerina Siniakova in Sunday’s final. asserted

duo → seed → final

Hunter and Siniakova advanced with a 5-7, 7-5, 12-10 victory over the Italian pairing of Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini. asserted

Hunter → advance → Errani

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 17, 2026. asserted

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Canada's Dabrowski and Brazil's Stefani win doubles semifinal at Wuhan Open

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