Ottawa's Dabrowski into 2nd round of women's doubles at Indian Wells

Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil's Luisa Stefani cruised through first-round play, defeating Asia Muhammad and Anna Danilina 6-1, 6-3 at the Indian Wells Masters on Sunday in California.

Dabrowski and Stefani fired one ace to two double faults and broke on five of seven opportunities in the one hour one-minute women's doubles match.

They also won 74.2 per cent of first-serve points.

Meanwhile, Muhammad of the U.S. and Kazakhstan's Danilina committed four double faults with zero aces and won just 58.1 per cent of first-serve points.

Montrealer Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., earned a walkover victory on Sunday over Cameron Norrie and Lucas Miedler in the men's doubles tournament after Norrie — set to take on Andrey Rublev in the round of 16 of the men's singles tournament on Tuesday — pulled out of the competition.

The Canadian duo will take on Matthew Ebden of Australia and Rohan Bopanna of India in Wednesday's quarterfinal.

WATCH l Auger-Aliassime tops Martinez in singles play on Saturday:

Montreal's Auger-Aliassime advances to Indian Wells 3rd round with straight sets victory

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Duration 2:15

Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal defeats Spain's Pedro Martinez 7-6(5), 6-4 in the second round at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.