[1] Erin Routliffe (NZL) and Gaby Dabrowski (CAN) v Monica Niculescu (ROU) and Katarzyna Piter (POL)

It’s seldom that matches at Masters or 1000 level are easy, and Erin Routliffe and Gaby Dabrowski certainly didn’t expect a cakewalk when they faced two very capable doubles players in Monica Niculescu and Katarzyna Piter in the first round in Rome.  Piter aced Dabrowski on the way to a straightforward hold in the opening…