The US 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.
Dabrowski and Routliffe committed eight double faults without a single ace recorded, and broke on just five of their 17 opportunities.
They were the top-seeded women's doubles team at the US Open.
COMMENTS
When submitting content, please abide by our submission guidelines, and avoid posting profanity, personal attacks or harassment. Should you violate our submissions guidelines, we reserve the right to remove your comments and block your account. Sportsnet reserves the right to close a story’s comment section at any time.