Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and the U.S.'s Evan King react during the French Open's mixed doubles final tennis match in Paris on Thursday.Emma Da Silva/The Canadian Press
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski fell short in the mixed doubles final at the French Open on Thursday.
Dabrowski and American partner Evan King dropped a 4-6, 6-3, 10-4 decision to top-seeded Italians Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori.
Errani and Vavassori became the first team since 2019 to successfully defend the Roland Garros mixed doubles title.
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Dabrowski and King, playing together for the first time this year, advanced to the final with a semifinal victory over Croatia’s Nikola Mektic and American Asia Muhammad.
Dabrowski still has a chance to leave Roland Garros with a title in women’s doubles alongside Brazil’s Luisa Stefani.
The fourth-seeded pair will face top-seeded Katerina Siniakova of Czechia and American Taylor Townsend in the semifinals.