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Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe won their second US Open women’s doubles title in three years on Friday after beating Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova in the final.
Canada’s Dabrowski and Routliffe of New Zealand downed the top seeds 6-4, 6-4 to add to their 2023 crown and avenge last year’s defeat by Townsend and Siniakova in the Wimbledon final.
Dabrowski and Routliffe will split the prize money of $1 million.
American Townsend, who reached the last 16 in the singles, and Czech partner Siniakova were bidding for their third Grand Slam doubles title together, having also won this year’s Australian Open.
In the opening set, Routliffe gave her team the lead with a swift backhand volley at the net in the sixth game. However, the match became more intense when Townsend capitalized on her fourth break point opportunity, hitting a forehand winner in the ninth game.
The Canadian-Kiwi pair quickly retaliated by converting a break point to win the first set. After holding serve at the start of the second set, their coach encouraged them to “stay relentless.”
Motivated by this advice, they managed to win the next two games. However, the tide turned when Gabriela Dabrowski, part of the third-seeded team, dropped her serve due to a double fault in the fifth game.
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