Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski came up just short of another mixed doubles Grand Slam title Thursday at Roland Garros.
The top-seeded pair of Dabrowski and Croatia's Mate Pavić fell in the French Open final 1-6, 7-6 (5), [8-10] to Croatia's Ivan Dodig and Chan Yung-jan of Taiwan.
Not to be for Gaby Dabrowski and Mate Pavic, as they fall 6-1, 6-7(5), [10-8] to Dodig & Chan in the #RolandGarros mixed doubles final.
— Tennis Canada (@TennisCanada) June 7, 2018
But WHAT an effort from the Canadian/Croatian duo. We hope to see more of them at the Slams this year! #DontStopFighting pic.twitter.com/3MoaVB930D
Dabrowksi and Pavić, who claimed the Australian Open mixed doubles crown in January, fell behind in each of the two sets but managed to rally in the second to force a deciding super tiebreaker. Dodig and Yung-jan had a chance to serve out the match at 5-3 in the second, but the Canadian and Croatian won four of six points in the game to earn a break with their backs against the wall.
Dabrowksi and Pavić took the second-set tiebreaker 7-5, but couldn't keep the momentum going in the first-to-ten, win-by-two super breaker.
Dabrowski, who won the 2017 French Open mixed doubles title with India's Rohan Bopanna, was gracious in defeat and revealed that she would be teaming up with Yung-jan for women's doubles events in the coming months.
Amazing runner-up speech by @GabyDabrowski , showing off her proficiency in French and English 🇨🇦💪
— Tennis Canada (@TennisCanada) June 7, 2018
Dabrowski reveals she and her conquerer @LatishaChanYJ will team up in the coming months! pic.twitter.com/F7TgdO0PpX