On this week’s episode of Match Level Canada, Mike and Ben meet up with latest Grand Slam champion, Erin Routliffe! The 28-year-old, who’s each Canadian and New Zealand nationality, simply gained her first ever ladies’s doubles main alongside Ottawa’s Gaby Dabrowski.
Routliffe particulars how the latest partnership with Dabrowski got here collectively and talks about why they meshed so effectively on the court docket.
“So far as us meshing effectively shortly… for us with our sport types, it was actually, actually pure,” says Routliffe.
“We’re actually open with one another – in all probability the primary purpose this occurred is as a result of we’re trustworthy with one another about all the things.”
Routliffe and Dabrowski performed in simply their fourth event collectively at Flushing Meadows, after they produced the unimaginable breakthrough end result and victory.
For Dabrowski, it’s additionally her first ever ladies’s doubles slam, and third total main.
“To win a grand slam, I feel the celebs actually must align for 2 weeks,” added Routliffe.
“We misplaced a set in our first spherical, our second spherical we have been down a break within the third set, we all the time stored preventing and by no means gave up.”
READ: Canada Exhibits Championship Pedigree at Davis Cup
Meantime, Staff Canada introduced by Sobeys is thru to the ultimate 8 of Davis Cup motion!
Led by Gabriel Diallo, Alexis Galarneau, and Vasek Pospisil, Canada completed atop Group A with victories over Italy, Sweden, and Chile and now transfer into the quarterfinals later in November.
Ben and Mike focus on the unbelievable outcomes and large singles wins from Galarneau and Diallo and focus on a surprising upset from Finland over america.
Extra tennis motion additionally continues this week forward with the Guadalajara Open on the ladies’s facet, and Laver Cup coming to Vancouver on the weekend.
All of that and extra on our newest MPC! Take heed to our latest episode of Match Level Canada, out there on Megaphone, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify under. Take pleasure in!
