Gabriela Dabrowski won her second US Open women's doubles title alongside Erin Routliffe on Friday, the culmination of a "wild ride" that began with a breast cancer diagnosis last year.

Dabrowski and Routliffe beat the top seeds Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova 6-4, 6-4 to add to their 2023 crown and avenge last year's defeat in the Wimbledon final.

That loss came only weeks after Dabrowski returned to tennis following two surgeries and a three-month break after a biopsy revealed she had breast cancer.

The Canadian won Olympic bronze in the mixed doubles in Paris while receiving treatment and then teamed up with New Zealand's Routliffe to win the season-ending WTA Tour Finals in Riyadh.

Routliffe had her health struggles too as she fractured a rib in the off-season as a result of

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