Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada watches a shot during a doubles match with partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand against Ariana Arseneault and Mia Kupres of Canada at the National Bank Open in Toronto on Saturday Aug. 10, 2024. The U.S. Open title defence of Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe has come to a close. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
NEW YORK – The U.S. Open title defence of Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe has come to an end.
The duo was handed a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 defeat by Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova and Taiwan’s Hao-ching Chan in women’s doubles quarterfinal action on Tuesday. The match took two hours 23 minutes to play.
Tied 5-5 in the second set, Ottawa’s Dabrowski and Routliffe surrendered the final two games for their opponents to draw even.
In the third, Dabrowski and Routliffe went up 3-1 before losing five straight games to end up falling out of the Grand Slam tournament.
Dabrowski and Routliffe committed eight double faults without a single ace recorded, and broke on just five of their 17 opportunities.
They were the top-seeded women’s doubles team at the U.S. Open.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 3, 2024.
