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Canada’s Dabrowski, Brazil’s Stefani ousted in women’s doubles semis at Aussie Open

Canada's Dabrowski, Brazil's Stefani ousted in women's doubles semis at Aussie Open | iNFOnews.ca
Gabriela Dabrowski, of Canada, right returns a shot to Taylor Townsend, of the United States, and Katerina Siniakova, of the Czech Republic, as partner Erin Routliffe, of New Zealand, looks on during the women's doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

MELBOURNE — Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil’s Luisa Stefani fell 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-4 to Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina and Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic in the women’s doubles semifinals at the Australian Open on Thursday local time.

Dabrowski and Stefani, the fifth seeds, were ahead 3-1 in the final set before dropping the following four games.

An unforced error helped seal the next game for Dabrowski and Stefani to pull to within one. However, they were quickly put away with four straight winners from Danilina and Krunic.

Dabrowski and Stefani broke on four of their eight chances and had four aces to two double faults.

Danilina and Krunic broke on four of their six opportunities to go along with three aces and one double fault.

The seventh seeds also had 31 winners to their opponents’ 27.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 28, 2026.

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