Routliffe takes Charleston title with Ostapenko
- Dave Worsley
- 1 day ago
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New Zelanad's Erin Routliffe has teamed with Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko to win the WTA 500 Charleston Open.
The top seeded pair beat AmericansCarloine Dolehide and Desirae Krawczyk in the final 6-2 6-4 in one 20 minutes in a matches which featured plenty of long rallies at the net.
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Routliffe and Ostapenko, who were playing together for the first time, were strong partne all week on the green clay in South Carolina.
They broke their opponents twice in each set and were faultless with their service games in the second set. and appeared to be enjoying themselves on court.
“I think it’s important. I think both of us, when we’re smiling, we’re probably playing our best tennis,” said Routliffe.
“For some people, it’s more like business-serious, but I think both of us are lucky because when we’re smiling, we play our best. We said at the beginning of the week that we’re just going to have no pressure and have a lot of fun with it. I think we did a good job with that.”.
It is the 29-year-old Routliffe's first title of 2025 and ninth of her career. Her last title was the year-end Championship in November with Gaby Dabrowski.