Defending champs Dabrowski, Routliffe advance to U.S. Open women’s doubles quarters

NEW YORK — Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe run at a possible repeat at the U.S. Open lives on.

The defending women’s doubles champions defeated Italy’s Angelica Moratelli and Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian 7-5, 7-6 (3) on Sunday to advance into the quarterfinals.

Ottawa’s Dabrowski and Routliffe won the final two games of the second set to force a tiebreaker.

They then earned their final three points by way of forced errors from their opponents.