{"id":40759,"date":"2021-08-30T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=40759"},"modified":"2021-08-25T22:18:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T02:18:03","slug":"gabriela-dabrowski-consistency-a-key-to-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/08\/30\/gabriela-dabrowski-consistency-a-key-to-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabriela Dabrowski: Consistency A Key To Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the rise of young talent, Canadian tennis appears to be in good hands with the likes of Denis Shapovalov, Bianca Andreescu, Felix Auger Aliassime, and Leylah Fernandez<\/a>.\u00a0Throw into the mix veterans like Milos Raonic and Eugenie Bouchard, and it’s easy to see why the sport has received plenty of attention and interest in Canada over the past decade.<\/p>\n

And while the sport has grown tremendously in popularity, it seems most–if not all –the attention has gone to the singles competitors.\u00a0One name that is sometimes overlooked by Canadian tennis fans is doubles star, Gabriela Dabrowski.<\/p>\n

Gabriela Dabrowski: Impressive Consistency<\/h3>\n

The 29-year-old from Ottawa, Ontario has been the model of consistency in doubles play.\u00a0Back in 2017, she teamed up with India’s Rohan Bopanna to win the mixed doubles title at Roland Garros<\/a>. That victory was significant because it put Dabrowski’s name in the history books as the first Canadian woman to win a Grand Slam at the senior level.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/GabyDabrowski\/status\/895692726334877697<\/p>\n

Then, at the 2018 Australian Open she teamed up with Croatia’s Mate Pavi\u0107 to capture the mixed doubles title in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

“Australia has always been one of my favorite places in the whole world. This is like my favorite circuit of the year. It feels really special to be able to do well and play well and win here,” said Dabrowski<\/a> after the big win at the 2018 Aussie Open.<\/p>\n

It’s interesting to note that their opponents in the ultra competitive championship match was T\u00edmea Babos and Dabrowski’s 2017 French Open partner, Bopanna.<\/p>\n

In her post championship match press conference, Dabrowski explained that she did not have a chance to speak to Bopanna about teaming up in Melbourne and learned through a newspaper article that he was already playing with Babos. Of course, the young Canadian also noted how grateful she was to be able to partner with Pavi\u0107 on such short notice.<\/p>\n

In addition to her success in mixed doubles, Dabrowski has enjoyed continued success in women’s doubles play.\u00a0 In 2019, she teamed up with Xu Yifan of China and they reached the finals of Wimbledon before losing in straight sets to Barbora Str\u00fdcov\u00e1 and Hsieh Su-wei in the championship match.<\/p>\n

Over her career, the 5’10” Dabrowski has captured ten women’s doubles titles.\u00a0The most recent title was a special one in that it came on Canadian soil.\u00a0 Teamming up with Luisa Stefani of Brazil, Dabrowski captured the National Bank Open in Montreal to become the first Canadian woman to win the doubles championship since Faye Urban did it back in 1969.<\/p>\n

Afterwards Stefani, who was captured women’s doubles bronze in Toyko, had nothing but praise for Dabrowski’s doubles game.<\/p>\n

“I’ve always loved her game. I told her that before. I think she’s so complete, especially in doubles.” The 24-year-old from Brazil<\/a>
\nsaid about Dabrowski. “I think she complements my game very well. She’s aggressive. She has great hands at the net, great serve.”<\/p>\n

For her part, Dabrowski was complimentary of Stefani’s mental toughness and her ability to step in the key moments.<\/p>\n

“I think Luisa has sort of an underrated confidence, so in pressure situations she rises to the occasion,” said Dabrowski<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I think that showed recently with her bronze medal win at the Olympics, playing with someone she hadn’t played with very often, taking down great teams.”<\/p>\n

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Copamos, @GabyDabrowski ! Montreal Champions!\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 pic.twitter.com\/CcdAlsDDF5<\/a><\/p>\n

— Luisa Stefani (@Luisa__Stefani) August 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n