Trio of Canadian women advance to quarter-finals at Chennai Open

Rebecca Marino, Eugenie Bouchard and Gabriela Dabrowski moved on to the quarter-finals of their respective competitions on another successful day for Canadians at the Chennai Open tennis tournament.

Vancouver's Marino, the seventh seed in singles competition at the WTA 250 event, continued her successful 2022 season with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Poland's Katarzyna Kawa in Wednesday's second-round action.

Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., joined Marino with a 6-2, 7-6 (5) win over India's Karman Thandi, while the top-seeded team of Ottawa's Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani of Brazil won its opening doubles match, 6-4, 6-1 over Greece's Despina Papamichail and Britain's Katie Swan.

Marino won 64.6 per cent of service points and converted four of her seven break points to win the match in one hour 36 minutes.

Marino will face the winner of a match Thursday between third seed Magda Linette of Poland and Russia's Oksana Selekhmeteva.

Bouchard converted three of her eight break points and defended three of the four she faced to defeat Thandi in 2:13.

The former world No. 5 was coming off her first main-draw win on the WTA Tour since reaching the final of a WTA 250 event in Guadalajara, Mexico, on March 13, 2021.

What a great day for Canada at the Chennai Open