Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand celebrate. Photo: MATTHEW STOCKMAN / AFP
New Zealander Erin Routliffe and her Canadian partner Gaby Dabrowski are through to the final of the US Open women's doubles final.
The third seeds, who won the title at Flushing Meadows in 2023, beat second seeds and Olympic champions Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini of Italy 6-4 6-3.
They will play the top seeds Katerina Siniakova of Czech Republic and Taylor Townsend of the USA in the final, with the winning combination to get $1 million (NZ$1.7m) to share, while the runners-up will earn $500,000.
It's been a good day at the US Open for New Zealand with Michael Venus and his partner Yuki Bhambri of India winning through to the semi-finals of the men's doubles.
They beat Nikola Mektic of Croatia and Rajeev Ram of the United States in three sets, 6-3 6-7 6-3.
Venus and Bhambri are the 14th seeds.
It is the first time Venus has reached the last four at the US Open.
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