Doubles star Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa teamed up with Victoria Mboko of Toronto to steer Canada to a win over Denmark on Saturday in Group A playoffs of the Billie Jean Cup in Monterrey, Mexico.
Dabrowski and Mboko — who had performed a single match 20 minutes earlier than the doubles showdown — defeated the Denmark pairing of Emma Kamper and Johanne Christine Svendsen 6-2, 6-4 in 59 minutes to win the best-of-three showdown 2-1.
The Canadians had 4 aces and just one double fault within the match, profitable 62 factors out of the 100 up for grabs. The Canadians had three break level conversions.
Mboko wanted one hour, 24 minutes to defeat Christine Svendsen 7-5, 6-3 and tie the best-of-three, Group A playoff match at 1-1.
“I simply needed to play it level by level and never rush myself, and simply imagine in myself,” Mboko mentioned throughout an on-court interview on how she dealt with the stress of Canada trailing 1-0.
Mboko had 11 aces and received 86 per cent of her factors on first serve. Her opponent had no aces, 4 double faults and solely transformed 63 per cent of her first serves for factors.
The Canadian received 5-of-12 break factors, whereas Christine Svendsen received 2-of-5 break factors, and saved 7-of-12.
Cadence Brace of Toronto misplaced a three-set heartbreaker to Rebecca Munk Mortensen within the opening match.
The 20-year-old Brace received the primary set 6-3, then dropped the subsequent two units 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) in a match that took three hours, 41 minutes to play.
Brace had two aces and 6 double faults within the match, whereas Munk Mortensen had 4 aces and eight double faults.
Each gamers have been fairly even in all statistical departments. The Denmark participant had a slight edge in break factors received (7-of-14), break factors saved (15-of-23) and match factors saved (9-2).
Canada will play Mexico on Sunday in a winner-take-all showdown, with the winner advancing to the 2026 Qualifiers. Mexico beat Denmark 2-1 of their Group A playoff on Friday.
