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Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani won their opening match in women’s doubles at the French Open on Wednesday in Paris.
The fourth-seeded duo defeated Dutch-British team Ingrid Haverlag and Maia Lumsden 6-2, 6-0 in the round of 64.
Dabrowski and Stefani converted six of nine break-point chances and had two aces.
Their next match will be against either Russia’s Elena Pridankina and China’s Qianhui Tang or the Czech pair Linda Noskova and Tereza Valentova.
Leylah Fernandez, of Laval, Que., was scheduled to play her women’s doubles opener later Wednesday with Russian partner Diana Shnaider against Oksana Selekhmeteva and Anastasia Zakharova.
Fernandez and Shnaider were originally set to face Victoria Mboko of Burlington, Ont., and Alexandra Eala of the Philippines before Mboko and Eala pulled out of the doubles draw. Mboko faces Katerina Siniakova in the second round of women’s singles Thursday.
Earlier in the day, Iga Swiatek has improved her career record at the French Open to 42-3.
The four-time champion eliminated 35th-ranked Sara Bejlek 6-2, 6-3 to reach the third round.
Swiatek won Roland Garros in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
With a heat wave still a factor in Paris, 11th-seeded Belinda Bencic also advanced. She beat American opponent Caty McNally 6-4, 6-0.
Later Wednesday, 39-year-old Novak Djokovic faced 74th-ranked French player Valentin Royer, while second-seeded Alexander Zverev was playing Tomas Machac in the night session on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
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