Alena Ostapenko, together with Taiwan's Shu-Wei Hsieh, successfully advanced past the first round of the WTA 1000 doubles tournament in Toronto. In the match for a spot in the Round of 16, the Latvian-Taiwanese duo confidently defeated Greek Maria Sakkari and Croatian Donna Vekic — 6:2, 6:2. The match was played with a noticeable advantage for Ostapenko and Hsieh, who managed to finish the match in two sets, not allowing their opponents to impose a fight. For advancing to the next round, Ostapenko earned 120 WTA ranking points in doubles. Now, for a place in the quarterfinals, Ostapenko and Hsieh will face the winners of the match between Canadians Bianca Andreescu and Kayla Cross and the pair Ulrikke Eikeri (Norway) — Quinn Gleeson (USA). For the Latvian tennis player, this victory was a good opportunity to continue her performance in Toronto after an early exit from the singles tournament. Recall that in the second round, Ostapenko was unable to finish her match against China's Zhang Shuai due to health issues, trailing 0:6, 0:4. The WTA 1000 tournament in Toronto is held on hard courts and is one of the key stages in preparation for the US Open.