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Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski falls in Wimbledon women’s doubles final

Jul 14, 2019 | 2:24 PM

WIMBLEDON, England — Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski came up just short in her quest for a Wimbledon title.

The fourth-seeded team of Dabrowski and Xu Yifan of China were defeated by No. 3 seeds Hsieh Su-Wei and Barbora Strycova in the women’s doubles final on Sunday.

Su-Wei and Strycova needed only one hour six minutes to win the match 6-2, 6-4.

It was the first women’s doubles appearance in a Grand Slam final for Dabrowski and Xu.