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Canada’s Victoria Mboko and Mirra Andreeva of Russia could have an awkward week.
The pair beat Australia’s Ellen Perez and Demi Schuurs of the Netherlands 7-6 (7), 6-3 on Sunday in the Round of 32 in the women’s doubles tournament at the Miami Open.
Mboko, from Burlington, Ont., and Andreeva will face each other in the Round of 16 in the singles tournament on Monday, a match scheduled for 12:10 p.m. ET.
They will reunite on the doubles court for a Round of 16 match against Australia’s Storm Hunter and Jessica Pegula of the United States.
Earlier Sunday, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., lost to Pegula 6-2, 6-2 in the Round of 32 of the women’s singles tournament.
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez, pictured, lost to Jessica Pegula of the United States 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday in a Round of 32 match in Miami Gardens. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
Fernandez and all-time great Venus Williams of the U.S., lost a heartbreaker to New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe and American Asia Muhammad in a Round of 32 women’s doubles match later in the day.
Fernandez and Williams won the opening set 6-3, but the sixth-seeded Routliffe and Muhammad bounced back with 6-3, 13-11 wins to take the best-of-three match.
Montreal’s Félix Auger-Aliassime will face France’s Terence Atmane in a Round of 32 match in the men’s singles tournament on Monday, also scheduled at 12:10 p.m.
In women’s doubles Monday, Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and new partner Luisa Stefani of Brazil are slated to play in the Round of 16 at 3 p.m. against Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova and Fanny Stollár of Hungary.
