Elise, Belgian tennis player Mertens and Taiwan’s Xie Shuwei won the Australian Open doubles final.
In the decisive match, Shuwei and Mertens, who received the second seed, defeated Latvian Elena Ostapenko and Ukrainian Lyudmila Kichenok (11th seed) with a score of 6:1, 7:5. The meeting lasted 1 hour 33 minutes.
Shuwei became a seven-time Grand Slam doubles champion, Mertens a four-time winner. In total, 38-year-old Shuwei has 32 victories in WTA doubles tournaments, and the 28-year-old Belgian has 18 titles.
Grand Slam tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne, Australia). Hard. Total fund: more than $59 million
Women. Double. The final
Elise Mertens (Belgium)/Xie Shuwei (Taiwan) – Elena Ostapenko (Latvia)/Lyudmila Kichenok (Ukraine) – 6:1, 7:5
Source : MatchTV
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