Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova successfully defend Australian Open women's doubles title with fine win
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Published 29/01/2023 at 07:49 GMT
A 6-4 6-3 win saw Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova continue their remarkable stranglehold on the women's doubles circuit, taking their third consecutive Grand Slam title as a pairing. Japanese 10th seeds Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara put up a good fight, but were ultimately overpowered by the Czechs, who hit 26 winners to their opponents' 12.
'What a team!' - Watch moment Krejcikova and Siniakova win women's doubles title
Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova successfully defended their Australian Open women's doubles title with a fine win over Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara on Sunday.
The Czech pair have formed a formidable partnership over the last few years, and this was their 24th straight win in women's doubles matches at Grand Slams, meaning they now hold the titles from Melbourne, the US Open and Wimbledon.
Speaking on court afterwards, Krejcikova said: "I'm really happy that we are playing our 10th [time] here together.
"We started in 2013, so it's been a very long journey, and I'm really happy how we are playing and how we can improve, the connection and everything is working well.
"I'll be looking forwards for more."
Krejcikova and Siniakova, understandably given their track record, were the favourites coming into the encounter on Rod Laver Arena.
And they broke in the very first game to underline their status.
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'We did it again!' - Krejcikova and Siniakova win the women's doubles
That turned out to be the only break of the first set, as - though Krejcikova had to save two break points in the subsequent game - the Czech pair made serene progress to a one-set lead.
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Krejcikova and Siniakova lift the trophy after dominating the women's doubles
The writing looked on the wall for Aoyama and Shibahara when they went down a break early in the second, but to their credit they fought back and broke Siniakova to bring matters back level at 2-2.
Regrettably for them, they won only one further game from there as Krejcikova and Siniakova accelerated to the title with some impressive tennis.
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