Gabriela Dabrowski, Erin Routliffe reclaim US Open doubles title
NEW YORK — Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe won the U.S. Open women’s doubles title for the second time in three years, ending Taylor Townsend’s whirlwind stint in Flushing Meadows one victory short of what would have been the American’s third Grand Slam championship with Katerina Siniakova.
Seeded third, Dabrowski and Routliffe beat the top-ranked pair of Townsend and Siniakova 6-4, 6-4 in an entertaining final Friday at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Dabrowski and Routliffe embraced afterward, celebrating Dabrowski’s first major triumph since undergoing treatment for breast cancer.
She delayed part of that treatment so she could compete at Wimbledon last year, where she and Routliffe reached the final.
Townsend and Siniakova were aiming to add a U.S. Open title to their resume after winning Wimbledon last year and the Australian Open in January.
Townsend became one of the faces of the tournament, thanks to a post-match altercation early in singles play that she wishes never happened.
Townsend, who is Black, said Latvian opponent Jelena Ostapenko told her she had “no class” and “no education,” an interaction that became a hot button topic with questions about whether the comments had racial undertones.
Credit to Nypost AND Peoples
