Quebecer Leylah Annie Fernandez and her American partner Taylor Townsend reached the semi-finals of the Madrid Open beating Taiwanese Su-Wei Hsieh and Czech Barbora Srtycova 6-0, 7-6 (3).
Townsend and the Lavalloise had three breaks in six occasions and won 63.2% of service return rallies during a dominant first set.
The North American pair overcame a service woe in the second set, in which they double-faulted five times and were only accurate on half of their first serves, before winning on a break. equality.
Fernandez is looking for her first doubles title. She started the tournament at 38e rank in the WTA doubles rankings, his career-high ranking.
She and Townsend lost in the Miami Open final last month. Fernandez and American Bethanie Mattek-Sands lost in the final of the ASB Classic in New Zealand to start the season.
In the semi-finals, Townsend and Fernandez will face Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia and Belarusian Victoria Azarenka on Friday.
In the other semi-final, Americans Jessica Pegula and CoCo Gauff will face Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk.
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