Towards a semi-final between two Canadians in mixed doubles

Paris | Ontario bianca Andreescu and Gabriela Dabrowski could face each other in the mixed doubles semi-finals at Roland Garros.

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Although the singles tournament ended disappointingly on Saturday, Andreescu enjoyed victory on Sunday with his New Zealand partner Michael Venus. They won in a wonderful break 6-4 4-6 1-0 (8) against American Bethany Mattek-Sands and Croatian Mate Pavić.

Venus is not another coming. In mixed, he was a finalist at the US Open in 2017 and 2018. In men’s doubles, he was champion at Roland Garros in 2017, runner-up at Wimbledon the following summer and bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics. In Japan, he was accompanied by Andreescu’s current coach, Christophe Lambert.

For their part, Americans Dabrowski and Nathaniel Lamons did not have to play on Sunday, as American Taylor Townsend and Britain’s Jamie Murray dropped out.

The BBC reports that Andy Murray’s brother was the victim of food poisoning.

In the quarterfinals, Dabrowski and Lamons will meet on Monday with Asia Muhammad from California and Britain’s Lloyd Glasspool.

Lila vs. Gabriella

Dabrowski is also in the women’s doubles competition. In the third round, Brazil’s Luisa Stefani has a date Monday with Quebec’s Leila Annie Fernandez and Townsend, 10^{We are} Favorite.

For their part, Dabrowski and Stephanie are seeded No. 8. They will fight for a place in the quarterfinals.

Moreover, on this first day of competition for the juniors, it will be the appearance of the only representative of the Maple Leafs, Keegan Rice.

The 16-year-old Saskatchewanian, who trains at the National Center in Montreal, defeated 17-year-old France’s Theo Papamalamis, 7-6 (2) 6-3.

Therefore, Rice performed better than she did in her first Junior Grand Slam tournament. In January, in Melbourne, he lost in the first round.