Routliffe, Dabrowski into Cincy semifinals

Erin Routliffe serves in the semifinal doubles win at Cincinnati PHOTO: WTA

New Zealand's Erin Routliffe and Canadian Gaby Dabrowski are through to the final at the Cincinnati WTA tournament.

They came from a set down to win their match over Ukrainian Lyudmyla Kichenok and Australian Ellen Perez 3-6 , 6-3, 12-10.

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In the final, Routliffe and Dabrowski will play the winner of the match between top seeds Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini against Guo Hanyu and Alexandra Panova.

Thirty-year-old Rouliffe has a current WTA doubles ranking of seven having become the world No 1 in the middle of last year.

Routliffe will be aiming for her third doubles title this year after victory at Stuttgart with Dabrowski and Charleston with Jelena Ostapenko.

Having won the Cincinnati Open with Asia Muhammad last year, Routliffe is on an eight-match winning streak at the tournament