Routliffe, Dabrowski in Wimbledon quarters
- Dave Worsley
- 8 hours ago
- 2 min read
New Zealand's Erin Routliffe and Canadian Gaby Dabrowski have won their way into the last eight of the Ladies Doubles at Wimbledon.
The pair were 7-6(1) 7-6(2) winners over Irina Khromacheva from Russia and Hungary’s Fanny Stollar in the third round. .
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The win means they have reached at least the quarterfinals in all six of the grand slams they have played together, an impressive record by anyone's standards.
The match didn't start ideally as Dabrowski had her serve broken in the second game, but Stollar wasn’t able to consolidate that lead and was broken in the following game.
Dabrowski fell behind 30-40 at 4-5 for a set point, but Routliffe hit an angled volley at the net for a winner.
Stollar and Khromacheva had another set point soon after and again Routliffe raced across the net for another winning volley.
For a third time the European pair had a set point and yet again Routliffe was waiting at the net to hit a winner and eventually Dabrowski got the hold.
Although the set was tight, there was only one team in the tiebreak, with Routliffe and Dabrowski winning it 7-1.
Routliffe and Khromacheva both starved off break points early in the second set and after that, the serve dominated.
But once more the tournament’s second seeds took control in the tiebreak, so advanced to the quarterfinals, where they’ll face Veronika Kudermetova from Russia and Belgium’s Elise Mertens.
Although it was a straight-sets win, it still took one hour and 48 minutes.
Routliffe and Dabrowski will face eighth seeds Veronika Kudermentova (Russia) and Belgian Elise Mertens in their quarterfina matchup.