MELBOURNE (Reuters) – French Open champions Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova added the Australian Open’s ladies’s doubles title to their resume on Sunday, with a 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4 win over Anna Danilina and Beatriz Haddad Maia.
The primary seeds, who have been crushed finalists at Melbourne Park final yr, took time to hit their stride and have been pressured to come back again from a set down to assert the title for the primary time.
The unseeded duo overpowered the Olympic champions in a tiebreak to win the primary set, however the scores have been levelled up on the finish of the second, because the Czech pair discovered their rhythm.
Krejcikova and Siniakova broke on Haddad Maia’s serve 5 video games into the deciding set to assert the benefit and Siniakova’s forehand winner down the road on Danilina’s serve two video games later elevated the hole.
Danilina’s volley on the web earned a break again that put their opponents’ celebrations on maintain, however Krejcikova held her serve to shut out the match.
The win is the Czech duo’s fourth Grand Slam title collectively, after having claimed the French Open in 2018 and 2021 and Wimbledon in 2018.
(Reporting by Michael Church in Hong Kong; Modifying by Clarence Fernandez)
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