Centre stage for a New Zealander on the fourth day of the US Tennis Open..

A straight sets first round win on Arthur Ashe Stadium for Erin Routliffe and Canadian playing partner Gabby Dabrowski on TVNZ Plus.

The top seeds have eased to victory over Leylah Fernandez and Yulia Putintseva .

Routliffe - the world's number one ranked doubles exponent - and Dabrowski - featured after wins to respective men's and women's singles number ones Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek .