(New York) Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand partner Erin Routliffe reached the round of 16 in women’s doubles at the US Open on Saturday with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over the duo of American Catherine Harrison and Polish Alicja Rosolska.
Competition favourites Dabrowski and Routliffe needed just under 90 minutes to beat their rivals.
In the first set, Dabrowski and Routliffe were broken in the third and ninth games, but on each occasion Harrison and Rosolska immediately brought the set back to even serve.
Dabrowski and Routliffe, however, scored another break in the 11th.e game, without conceding a single point. They followed up with another perfect game to close out the first set.
In the second set, Dabrowski and Routliffe took a comfortable 5-2 lead thanks to breaks in the third and seventh games. They recovered one of those breaks in the eighth game, but held on until the end.
In the next round, Dabrowski and Routliffe will face the tandem of Romanian Jaqueline Cristian and Italian Angelica Moratelli.