DOHA \u2014 Toronto’s Victoria Mboko and American partner Coco Gauff lost their opening round doubles match at the Qatar Open on Monday.<\/p>\n
Mboko and Gauff dropped a marathon 4-6, 6-4, 11-9 decision to Spain’s Cristina Bucsa and American Nicole Melichar-Martinez, the seventh seeds.<\/p>\n
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Mboko and Gauff won just 42 per cent of their second-serve points, compared to 64 per cent for Bucsa and Melichar-Martinez, though both teams registered four breaks across the match.<\/p>\n
It was a better outcome for Canada’s Leylah Fernandez and French partner Kristina Mladenovic, who earned a 7-5, 7-6 (2) victory over China’s Xinyu Wang and Saisai Zeng.<\/p>\n
Fernandez and Mladenovic won despite registering fewer aces (0-4) and more double faults (5-2) than their opponents.<\/p>\n
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Fernandez and Mladenovic face a stiff test Tuesday when they’re scheduled to face the fourth-seeded pair of Serbian Aleksandra Krunic and Anna Danilinu, a Russian-born Kazakhstani, in the round of 16.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 9, 2028.<\/p>\n
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