Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani earned a 7-6 (5), 4-6, 10-5 women’s doubles group stage win over China’s Hanyu Guo and France’s Kristina Mladenovic on Wednesday at the WTA Finals in Indian Wells.
Ottawa’s Dabrowski and Brazil’s Stefani moved to 2-0 at the year-end tournament. They defeated Belgium’s Elise Mertens and China’s Shuai Zhang on Monday in their opener.
Key Numbers From the Match
Dabrowski and Stefani hit three aces but committed seven double faults. They converted four of their 13 break-point chances.
Guo and Mladenovic went without an ace and had three double faults. They broke on five of their 11 chances.
Still, Dabrowski and Stefani made far fewer mistakes from the baseline, committing just 21 unforced errors to Guo and Mladenovic’s 36.