The Brazilian Luisa Stefani disputes at 8:30 am (Brasilia time) this Sunday (18) the doubles title of the WTA 250 in Chennai (India) alongside the Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski. This Saturday (17), they qualified for the final – Stefani’s first this season – by beating Thailand’s Peangtarn Plipuech and Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima with a double 6/3. The opponents in the fight for the doubles trophy in Chennai will be the Russian Anna Blinkova and the Georgian Natela Dzalamidze. 
IT’S FINAAAAAAAAAAL! ???
Luisa Stefani and Gaby Dabrowski are in the @wta from Chennai ??
6/3 and 6/3 win over Plipuech ?? and Uchijima ??
Let’s go in search of that ? tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/TUKkIXDRom
— Team Brazil (@timebrasil) September 17, 2022
Luisa Stefani returned to compete at the Chennai Open after a year in recovery from knee surgery. The procedure was necessary due to a torn cruciate ligament during last year’s US Open doubles semifinal, also alongside Gabi Dabrowski.
“I came with no expectation of results, with the head and perspective of knowing how I was going to feel physically and emotionally. I’m really happy with how I’ve been feeling all week and I’m still in that same mindset. The most important thing is to take it one day at a time and see how the body responds, I hope to continue improving in terms of level, pace and also being healthy, which is the most important thing”, said the athlete shortly after qualifying.
Stefani and Gabi Dabrowski have already won together in 2021 the WTA 1000 of Cincinnati and WTA 500 of San Jose, both in the United States. Also last year, the Brazilian was runner-up twice alongside North American Hayley Carter: in the WTA 500 in Abu Dhabi (UAE) and in the WTA 500 in Adelaide Australia).
That feeling when you reach the final of your first tournament back after a year with your BFF ❤️@Luisa__Stefani @GabyDabrowski #WTA #ChennaiOpen pic.twitter.com/EWafETT4Jr
— Chennai Open WTA (@chennaiopenwta) September 17, 2022
