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Siniakova and Townsend Top Dabrowski and Routliffe to Stay Perfect at WTA Finals

The win leveled the rivalry at two-all, bolstering their position in the WTA Finals group.

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Gabriela Dabrowski, of Canada, right returns a shot to Taylor Townsend, of the United States, and Katerina Siniakova, of the Czech Republic, as partner Erin Routliffe, of New Zealand, looks on during the women's doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in New York.

Overview

  • Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova beat Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe 6-4, 7-6 (3) in Riyadh on Tuesday.
  • They rallied from 2-5 down in the second set, broke at 5-3 with a Townsend return winner, and closed it out in a tiebreak on Townsend’s first match point.
  • Townsend was the only server not broken in the match, underscoring the pair’s serve-return edge.
  • The result evened their head-to-head at 2-2 after Dabrowski and Routliffe won last year’s WTA Finals title match and this year’s U.S. Open final.
  • Siniakova and Townsend moved to 2-0 in the Liezel Huber doubles group, while Dabrowski and Routliffe fell to 1-1 and next face Timea Babos and Luisa Stefani.