Australian Open FINAL: Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova win doubles crown: French Open champions Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova added the Australian Open’s women’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.
Australian Open FINAL: Meet Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova, Australian Open women’s doubles CHAMPIONs
The number one seeds, who were beaten finalists at Melbourne Park last year, took time to hit their stride and were forced to come back from a set down to claim the title for the first time.
Czechmate 🇨🇿🏆@BKrejcikova & @K_Siniakova clinch their first #AusOpen women’s doubles title with a 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4 victory over Beatriz Haddad Maia & Anna Danilina.#AO2022
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Australian Open FINAL: Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova win doubles crown: The unseeded duo overpowered the Olympic champions in a tiebreak to win the first set, but the scores were levelled up at the end of the second, as the Czech pair found their rhythm.
Krejcikova and Siniakova broke on Haddad Maia’s serve five games into the deciding set to claim the advantage and Siniakova’s forehand winner down the line on Danilina’s serve two games later increased the gap.
Australian Open FINAL: Meet Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova, Australian Open women’s doubles CHAMPIONs
Australian Open FINAL: Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova win doubles crown: Danilina’s volley at the net earned a break back that put their opponents’ celebrations on hold, but Krejcikova held her serve to close out the match.
The win is the Czech duo’s fourth Grand Slam title together, after having claimed the French Open in 2018 and 2021 and Wimbledon in 2018.
