Gabriela Dabrowski, Erin Routliffe advance to women's doubles semifinals in Melbourne
After a shaky start to their women's doubles quarterfinal match, Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand, who now resides in Montreal, settled down and showed why they're the fourth-seeded combo at this year's Australian Open.
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![From left: Erin Routliffe of New Zealand and Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski are headed to the Australia Open semifinals following a straight-sets victory over Cristina Bucsa of Moldova and Alexandra Panova of Russia. In a file photo, women's doubles tennis tandem confers while playing at the WTA Finals in Cancun, Mexico, in November 2023.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7091914.1706020729!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/routliffe-erin-dabrowski-231103-1180.jpg)
After a shaky start to their women's doubles quarterfinal match, Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand, who now resides in Montreal, settled down and showed why they're the fourth-seeded combo at this year's Australian Open.