Three days after conquering Flushing Meadows, Gabriela Dabrowski still finds it hard to believe what she has accomplished. The 31-year-old tennis player from Ottawa and her playing partner Erin Routliffe defeated Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva 7-6 (9), 6-3 to claim the women's doubles title at the U.S.
Open. "It's clear that it means a lot to me. It's even a little surreal that it's happening to me," she said Wednesday. "I reached the final at Wimbledon in 2019, so I came very close.
But to find myself in another final and to be able to win with another Canadian it's truly remarkable." WATCH | Dabrowski discusses breakthrough victory: Routliffe was born in New Zealand and now competes as a Kiwi, but she grew up in Caledon, Ont.
and trained at the National Tennis Centre in Montreal. Dabrowski has won two mixed doubles titles at Grand Slam events — in 2017 at the French Open and in 2018 at the Australian Open.