Gabriela Dabrowski claims 25th tour

Gabriela Dabrowski claims 25th tour-level doubles title of her career at China Open

Ottawa native teamed up with Stefani to beat top-seed in just 59 minutes

Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani defeated top-seeded Katerina Siniakova of Czechia and Zhang Shuai of China 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday in the women's doubles final at the China Open.

Dabrowski, from Ottawa, earned her 25th career WTA Tour title and fifth of the season.

"Obviously today's performance was a really great culmination of the entire week, which was awesome for us," Dabrowski said. "We brought a really high level. Our opponents forced us to do that with their reputation, the number of times we've played them."

The second-seeded Dabrowski and Stefani needed just 59 minutes to complete the win over their top-seeded opponents.

Olympic champion Zheng beats Andreeva

Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen won her first title in two years by beating French Open champion Mirra Andreeva 7-5, 6-4 in the China Open final on Sunday.

Zheng clinched with her first match point chance, serving an ace to Andreeva's backhand side, then fell to the court sobbing with emotion.

Zheng's ranking plummeted due to an elbow injury from a career-high No. 4 last year to 160 this season. She was No. 54 coming into her home tournament as a wild card this week and will now return to the top 30, the WTA said.

"I've been through a very tough year," Zheng said in English in a trophy presentation that had a touch of karaoke. She sang a pop song to roars of appreciation from fans in the arena.

A stellar 2024 saw Zheng reach the final of the Australian Open, win the Paris Olympics singles title at Roland Garros, then in October take a fifth career title on the WTA tour in Japan.

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As a qualifier at the U.S. Open in August, Zheng showed her old form was back when she advanced to the quarterfinals, having twice rallied from 5-0 deficits in matches she won against Madison Keys and Iga Swiatek.

Despite the loss, Andreeva is set to rise to a career-high No. 3 ranking. She held three points to win the first set Sunday, leading 5-4, before Zheng reeled off 11 straight points to clinch the set.

"For sure today she played great," Andreeva said of Zheng. "It's also very nice to see her playing better and coming back."

With files from The Associated Press