Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski falls in doubles semifinals at WTA Finals

Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski falls in doubles semifinals at WTA Finals | iNFOnews.ca
Erin Routliffe, of New Zealand, left, high fives Gabriela Dabrowski, of Canada, during the women's doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships against Laura Siegemund, of Germany, and Vera Zvonareva, of Russia, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

CANCÚN, Mexico – Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand dropped a 6-1, 6-7 (1), 10-6 decision to American Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Australia’s Ellen Perez in women’s doubles semifinal play Sunday at the WTA Finals.

Dabrowski, from Ottawa, and Routliffe were seeded seventh in the eight-team event. The reigning U.S. Open champions were unbeaten in the group stage.

Melichar-Martinez and Perez, the No. 8 seeds, will next play sixth-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia and Laura Siegemund of Germany.

Zvonareva and Siegemund posted a 3-6, 6-3, 10-5 win over the second-seeded duo of Australia’s Storm Hunter and Belgium’s Elise Mertens.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 5, 2023.

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