NEW YORK - Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe defeated top-seeded American Taylor Townsend and Czechia’s Katerina Siniakova 6-4, 6-4 to win the U.S. Open women’s doubles title on Friday.

Dabrowski, an Ottawa native, and Routliffe, a Montreal resident who represents her native New Zealand internationally, also won the Grand Slam event in 2023.

The third-seeded duo converted their first break opportunity in the first set and broke their opponents’ serve again to close out the match.

Later Friday, Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime was set to meet top-ranked Italian Jannik Sinner in men’s singles semifinal play.

The 25th-seeded Auger-Aliassime has pulled off three straight upsets to reach his first major semifinal since the 2021 U.S. Open, defeating No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev,

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