Canada’s Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Routliffe head to the Cincinnati Open

Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand partner Erin Routliffe are about to enter the semifinals of the Cincinnati Open.

The duo beat Caty McNally of the United States and Linda Noskova of Czechia in the quarterfinals of the Women’s Tag Team Championship.

Dabrowski and Routliffe will face Australia’s Ellen Perez and Ukraine’s Lyudmyla Kichenok in the half on Friday.

Routliffe holds Canadian double re-Zeland citizenship and has previously represented Canada at the tennis court.

Dabrowski and Routliffe won six aces to one of McNally and Noskova, while opponents had only three double faults.

Later, Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime faced Italy’s No. 1 in the men’s singles-style quarterfinals.