Kiwi tennis pro Erin Routliffe wins Singapore WTA title
New Zealand tennis pro Erin Routliffe has won his second WTA doubles title of the year and 14th of her career with victory in the WTA 500 Singapore Open.
Routliffe and Indonesian Aldila Sutjiadi won the final over the Chinese piar of Tang Qian-hui and Xu Yi-fan 6-3 6-2 in 1 hour 19 minutes.
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The Kiwi and Indonesian were able to break their opponents serve five times from 10 opportunities and had the stronger first serve percentage at over 76 compared to 62 percent.
A couple of months ago Routliffe and Sutjiadi won the title at Washington as well. They'll now play at the Beijing WTA 1000 tournament this week.
Meanwhile the New Zealand pair of Finn Reynolds and James Watt have lost their quarterfinal at the Hangzhou ATP event.
They were beaten by Evan King (United States) and Dutchman Bart Stevens 6-7 (4), 3-6
