Defending champions Dabrowski, Routliffe bounced in U.S. Open quarterfinals

NEW YORK — The U.S. Open title defence of Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe has come to an end.

The duo was handed a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 defeat by Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova and Taiwan’s Hao-ching Chan in women’s doubles quarterfinal action on Tuesday. The match took two hours 23 minutes to play.

Tied 5-5 in the second set, Ottawa’s Dabrowski and Routliffe surrendered the final two games for their opponents to draw even.

In the third, Dabrowski and Routliffe went up 3-1 before losing five straight games to end up falling out of the Grand Slam tournament.