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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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Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and Luisa Stefani of Brazil won the women's doubles title at the Wuhan Open tennis tournament in Wuhan, China on Sunday. The top-seeded pair defeated the third-seeded team of Storm Hunter from Australia and Katerina Siniakova from Czechia with a score of 7-5, 6-4. This was Dabrowski’s sixth title of the season and her 26th career doubles title, while Stefani earned an eighth title as their pair and third in a row. The victory improved their career record to 79-19 and secured their place for the season-ending WTA final next month.

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Dabrowski PERSON · 2× American NORP · 1× Brazil GPE · 1× Canada GPE · 1× Cristina Bucsa PERSON · 1× Gabriela Dabrowski PERSON · 1× Luisa Stefani PERSON · 1× Nicole Melichar-Martinez PERSON · 1× Spain GPE · 1× WUHAN GPE · 1×

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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.
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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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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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