(Cancún) Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe reached the doubles semifinals at the WTA Finals on Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Germany’s Laura Siegemund and the Russian Vera Zvonareva.
Seeded number 7, Dabrowski and Routliffe got the better of the sixth seeds.
It was a replay of the last women’s doubles final at the U.S. Open, which Dabrowski and Routliffe won 7-6 (9), 6-3.
Dabrowski and Routliffe earned a break to take a 4-3 lead in the first set.
Serving for the set at 5-4, Dabrovski withstood two break points before winning.
Dabrowski and Routliffe took control 5-2 in the second set, en route to a victory in an hour and a half.
The semi-finalists started the tournament by winning 7-6 (2), 6-3 against the favorites, the Americans Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff.
Routliffe grew up in Ontario and previously represented Canada, before switching to his native New Zealand.
She and Dabrowski meet fourth-seeded Katerina Siniakova and Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic.
