MONTERREY - Doubles star Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa teamed up with Victoria Mboko of Toronto to lead Canada to a win over Denmark on Saturday in Group A playoffs of the Billie Jean Cup in Monterrey, Mexico.

Dabrowski and Mboko — who had played a single match 20 minutes before the doubles showdown — defeated the Denmark pairing of Emma Kamper and Johanne Christine Svendsen 6-2, 6-4 in 59 minutes to win the best-of-three showdown 2-1.

The Canadians had four aces and only one double fault in the match, winning 62 points out of the 100 up for grabs. The Canadians had three break point conversions.

Mboko needed one hour, 24 minutes to defeat Christine Svendsen 7-5, 6-3 and tie the best-of-three, Group A playoff match at 1-1.

Mboko had 11 aces and won 86 per cent of her points on first ser

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