Another career doubles title for New Zealand tennis player Erin Routliffe as she teamed with Canadian Gaby Dabrowski to win the rain-delayed Nottingham WTA event.
The top seeds Routliffe and Dabrowski had to play their semifinal earlier in the day, which they won over American Ashlyn Krueger and Shuai Zhang (China) 6-0 6-4.
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They then returned to the court for the final and played out a dramatic match beating Britain's Harriet Dart and Frenchwoman Diane Parry 5-7, 6-3, 11-9in an hour 42 minutes for the title.
It was the third title together for Routliffe and Dabrowski and first on grass as they build up to Wimbled just a couple of weeks away.
“Harriet and Diane you guys had a great week and that was a really tough match,” said Routliffe.
“This is Gabi’s first tournament back in two and half months and it’s really hard to come and play after you’ve been out for a while, and she did an amazing job this week.”
It was the sixth career title for Routliffe who is currently ranked third in the world, but could rise to second as a result of the win.
The next tournament for the New Zealander and Canadian is the WTA 500 event at Birmingham where they are the second seeds.