Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand didn’t waste much time punching their tickets to the Australian Open semifinals on Monday.
The second-seeded women’s doubles team defeated Miyu Kato of Japan and Renata Zarazua of Mexico 6-3, 6-2 in 77 minutes on Margaret Court Arena at Melbourne Park.
Dabrowski, of Ottawa, and Routliffe will play the winner of a later match between the third-seeded Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) and Su-Wei Hsieh (Taiwan) against Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania) and Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine).
Dabrowski and Routliffe combined for two aces, three double faults and no unforced errors. They won 27 points while receiving, and 35 while serving. Their big advantage in the match was a winning percentage of 57 on their second serve, compared to 20 for Kato and Zarazua.
Dabrowski and Routliffe won five of seven break points and won five return games.
