(Pune) Gabriela Dabrowski, from Ottawa, and her partner Luisa Stefani will play for the doubles title on Sunday at the Chennai Open.
Posted at 8:40 p.m.
The first-seeded duo of Dabrowski and Stefani defeated the pair of Peangtarn Plipuech and Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinals on Saturday.
Dabrowski and his Brazilian sidekick triumphed in an hour and a minute.
In the final, they will cross swords with fellow Russians Anna Blinkova and Natela Dzalamidze, who defeated Montrealer Eugenie Bouchard and Belgian Yanina Wickmayer.
The Russians won the first set 6-3 and drew 1-1 before Bouchard retired due to injury.