Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand will play for the women's doubles championship at the U.S. Open.

The pair advanced to the final with a 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) semifinal win over the eighth-seeded duo of Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh and China's Xinyu Wang on Friday.

"The key is the same as it was last time: we stuck together no matter what happened on the court," said Dabrowski. "I think tactically, we played really smart too and that helped us a lot, especially in the first set to get that quick head start."

Dabrowski and Routliffe won 62 per cent of their first serves and converted seven of nine breakpoint opportunities.

Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski reaches U.S. Open women's doubles final

Gabriela Dabrowski and her New Zealand partner Erin Routliffe beat China's Wang Xinyu and Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei 6-1, 7-6(4) to advance to the U.S. Open women's doubles final.

Dabrowski, who has won a pair of Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles, has never won a women's double title at a major event.

The 28-year-old Routliffe competes for New Zealand, where she was born, but grew up in Caledon, Ont. She previously competed for Canada.

"I'm just really ecstatic to be able to play in the finals," said Routliffe right after the match finished.

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Coco Gauff of the U.S. celebrates her victory over Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic in the U.S. Open women's semifinals on Thursday night at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York City.

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The pair will face Germany's Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva of Russia in Sunday's final at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Siegemund and Zvonareva advanced with an 6-4, 6-1 victory over American Jennifer Brady and Luisa Stefani of Brazil in Friday's other semifinal.

Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada, right, and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand defeated Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh, China's Xinyu Wang in the semifinals of the women's doubles competition at the U.S. Open in New York City on Friday.

Ottawa's Dabrowski, partner Routliffe reach U.S. Open women's doubles final

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