Part of Pool D in the main draw, they will compete with compatriots Sara Hughes/Ally Battenhorst and Terese Cannon/Megan Kraft and Brazil's Carolina Salgado/Rebecca Cavalcanti.
Set to play in the main draw of an Elite event for the first time in their careers, the Chacon sisters, who won gold in two Futures events in 2025, had to win six sets to advance, overcoming Swiss Muriel Bossart and Leona Kernen in the tie-breaker (19-21, 21-17, 15-13) in the first round and topping compatriots Kelley Kolinske and Madison Shields also 2-1 (18-21, 22-20, 15-10) to move forward.
Whitmarsh and Newberry also started the day with a tight win, topping Lithuanians Ieva Dumbauskaite and Gerda Grudzinskaite 2-1 (21-13, 19-21, 16-14) in the first round, and then dominated Dutch Mila Konink and Floor Hogenhout in straight sets (21-18, 21-15).
Harward and Phillips faced two American teams in their way to the main draw, defeating Kelly Kool and Tiffany Svenssohn in two sets (21-11, 21-11) and overcoming Abby Van Winkle and Deahna Kraft also 2-0 (21-18, 21-16).
