Australians Ash Barty and John Peers have teamed up with Demi Schuurs of the Netherlands and Henri Kontinen of Finland, respectively to win the Rogers Cup doubles titles.
Photo: MONTREAL, QC – AUGUST 12: Ashleigh Barty of Australia and Demi Schuurs of the Netherlands take in the atmosphere after defeating Latisha Chan of Chinese Taipei and Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 in the final round on day seven of the Rogers Cup at IGA Stadium on August 12, 2018 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
The tournaments are held in Montreal for the women and Toronto for the men and will switch next year.
Barty capped off a good week in Montreal after reaching the singles semifinals and then claiming her second Premier 5 level title with Demi Schuurs, they had won in Rome earlier this year.
Barty and Schuurs defeated Latisha Chan of Chinese Taipei & Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 4-6, 6-3, 10-8.
Peers and Kontinen defeated South Africa’s Raven Klaasen and New Zealand’s Michael Venus 6-2, 7-6(7), 10-6.
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Photo: TORONTO, ON – AUGUST 12: Henri Kontinen of Finland and John Peers of Australia celebrate victory following the doubles final match against Raven Klaasen of South Africa and Michael Venus of New Zealand on Day 7 of the Rogers Cup at Aviva Centre on August 12, 2018 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
