Top seeds Dabrowski, doubles partner Routliffe eliminated from Qatar Open
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Top seeds Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand were emphatically eliminated from the women's doubles competition at the Qatar Open tennis tournament with a 6-2, 6-1 loss to Russians Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider in Doha.
The Russians needed just 56 minutes to post the win.
They saved both break points they faced while breaking Dabrowski and Routliffe four times on six chances.
In a dominant second set, Andreeva and Shnaider won 14-of-17 first-serve points, compared to 4-of-8 for their favoured opponents.
The rare early exit for Dabrowski and Routliffe, the reigning WTA Finals doubles champions, comes on the heels of a run to the semifinals at last month's Australian Open.
Later Wednesday, world No. 27 Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., was scheduled to face Amanda Anisimova of the United States in a third-round women's singles match at the WTA 1000 level tournament.
WATCH l Dabrowski, partner Routliffe lose Australian Open semifinal match:
Ottawa's Dabrowski, partner Routliffe fall in Australian Open women's doubles semis
19 days ago
Duration 1:24
Third seeded duo Jeļena Ostapenko of Latvia and Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei defeat No. 2 seeds Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3 to advance to the women's doubles final at the Australian Open.
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