[1] Erin Routliffe (NZL) and Gaby Dabrowski (CAN) v Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) and Liudmila Samsonova (RUS)

The doubles entries for the China Open were so strong that it really didn’t matter who faced Erin Routliffe and Gaby Dabrowski because it would be a tough match.  Their opponents ended up being Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Liudmila Samsonova, and a tough match it certainly was.  Routliffe served first, losing her second point to a…