Routliffe and Dabrowski dropped just one set in the tournament and came into the US as the form pairing, having won the Cincinnati Open for the second straight year. Today\u2019s win secured their fourth title of 2025.<\/p>\n
For Routliffe, it\u2019s her 12th doubles title and seventh alongside Dabrowski.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had a long partnership so far and I\u2019m so grateful to you,\u201d Routliffe said to Dabrowski at the trophy presentation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is definitely a lot of people here today cheering for women\u2019s doubles and we absolutely loved every moment,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Despite facing the tournament\u2019s top seeds, Routliffe and Dabrowski always looked the stronger team. Their aggressive returning and crisp volleys unsettled Siniakov\u00e1 and Townsend, while their own serving held up under pressure.<\/p>\n
The first breakthrough came midway through the opening set when Siniakov\u00e1 was broken for 2-3. Dabrowski faced a tense moment in the following game but Routliffe\u2019s sharp volley snuffed out the only break point against them. Soon after, Siniakov\u00e1 dropped serve again, handing the set to the Kiwi-Canadian duo.<\/p>\n
Townsend faltered early in the second set, broken in the sunshine as she struggled to deal with Routliffe\u2019s lobs. Although Dabrowski\u2019s double fault at 3-1 briefly handed the top seeds a lifeline, Routliffe and Dabrowski refused to let momentum slip.<\/p>\n
Serving to stay in the match at 4-5, Townsend felt the pressure, delivering a pair of double faults. Routliffe then lashed a cross-court winner to set up championship point, which ended with Townsend sending a lob long.<\/p>\n
The pair collapsed into a hug before bouncing around the baseline, relishing their second triumph in New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Routliffe and Dabrowski dropped just one set in the tournament and came into the US as the form…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6030,95,6028,6026,5499,6023,6025,111,139,69,6029,5493,6024,213,2563,3040,6027,2834],"class_list":["post-4460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-again","tag-and","tag-champion","tag-dabrowski","tag-doubles","tag-erin","tag-gabriela","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-once","tag-open","tag-routliffe","tag-sports","tag-title","tag-us","tag-win","tag-womens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}