Dabrowski advances to quarterfinals at Australian Open, Fernandez bounced from doubles

Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and her partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand advanced to the women's doubles quarterfinals of the Australian Open Sunday after bouncing Laura Siegemund of Germany and Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 in a match that took almost 2 1/2 hours.

Dabrowski and Routliffe started slowly, but got stronger as the match progressed, finishing with three aces and a 73 winning percentage on first serves. They saved six of seven break points and won 43 points while receiving.

Dabrowski and Routliffe will play Miyu Kato of Japan and Renata Zarazua in the quarters.

Leylah Fernandez's run at the Open came to a quick end Sunday as the Canadian and Ukraine partner Nadiia Kichenok lost their third-round women's doubles match in straight sets.

American Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova of Czechia only needed 54 minutes to bounce Fernandez and Kichenok 6-3, 6-0.

Fernandez, of Laval, Que., and Kichenok had no aces and went 0-for-3 on breakpoints. They only won 14 service points and three service games.

Townsend and Siniakova had four aces, two double faults, 20 receiving points won, won 34 service points and eight service games.

Fernandez lost her third-round singles match 6-4, 6-2 to American Coco Gauff on Friday.

First came the medical timeouts, one each for Jannik Sinner and Holger Rune with the temperature above 32 C.

Then came the bizarre sight of a 20-minute delay because the net at Rod Laver Arena detached from the court after being hit by a big Sinner serve.

In the end, the breaks in action were "lucky," Sinner said, because they gave him a chance to catch his breath, put his struggles aside and emerge with the victory — as he keeps doing, no matter the site or the circumstances. The