Patient, hard-working Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski grabs elusive Madrid doubles title

Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski captured her first doubles title of the season, winning the Madrid Open with Mexican partner Giuliana Olmos on Saturday.

The No. 2 seeds defeated third-seeded Demi Schuurs of the Netherlands and Desirae Krawcyk of the U.S., 7-6(1), 5-7, 10-7.

The win was Dabrowski's first in three appearances in the Madrid final after the Ottawa native reached the championship match in 2021 (with Schuurs) and in 2019 (with Yifan Xu).

"It's been amazing to be back and enjoy Madrid," Dabrowski said. "I love this city a lot and this is actually my third final in a row here, so I guess third time is the charm. We had a bit of a slow start this season, but we stuck it out, we worked together and we played a great tournament."

The moment <a href="https://twitter.com/GabyDabrowski?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GabyDabrowski</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/guguolmos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@guguolmos</a> secured their 11th and 4th respective doubles trophies