Gabriela Dabriela Dabrowski and Erin RoutLiffe of New Zealand dropped a 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3 choice to Taiwan’s Lelena Ostapenko
Dabrowski, from Ottawa, and rollliffe seeded second within the opening grand-evule.
Their opponents had been crushed for the third time to shut out the win in two hours and 23 minutes.
Ostapenko and Hsieh will face American Taylor Townsend and Czechia’s Katerina Siniakova.
The highest seeded pair posted a 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3 win over the unheralded Russian duo of Andreeva and Diana Shnaider within the first Semifinal.
The ultimate is scheduled for Sunday at Melbourne Park.
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