First seeds Cori Gauff and Jessica Pegula failed to win back-to-back WTA 1000 doubles titles after losing to Victoria Azarenka and Beatriz Haddad Maia in the Madrid Open final.Unseeded Azarenka and Haddad Maia beat No. 1 seeds Gauff and Pegula 6-1 6-4 to win Madrid’s title in their first doubles tournament as a duo .
In early April, Gauff and Pegula defeated Leylah Fernandez and Taylor Townsend in the doubles final of the Miami Open. In Madrid, Gauff and Pegula played their first doubles tournament since their victory in Florida.
Gauff and Pegula, who also won Doha in February, narrowly missed winning their third title of the year in Madrid.
How did Azarenka and Haddad Maia beat Gauff and Pegula?
Gauff and Pegula served for the first game of the match.
After not dropping a single point in their first service game, Gauff and Pegula didn’t win a single game in the rest of the first set.
Azarenka and Haddad Maia broke in the third, fifth and seventh games, without facing a single break point in the entire first set.
Azarenka and Haddad Maia then served the first game of the second set to extend their winning streak to seven straight games. In game two, Gauff and Pegula saved two break points to level the second set at one game all and finally end Azarenka and Haddad Maia’s seven-game streak.
Gauff and Pegula saved another break point in game four, before taking their first break of the match in game five to take a 3-2 lead. In game six, Gauff and Pegula saved two break points to take a 4-2 lead.
Just when it looked like the wind had shifted to the side of the Americans, the duo suffered a stunning collapse. Trailing 4-2 in the second set, Azarenka and Haddad Maia made back-to-back breaks in games eight and ten to win four games in a row and win in straight sets over Gauff and Pegula.
2023-05-07 23:00:43
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