Melbourne: The Czsech Republic’s pair of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova clinched their fourth Grand Slam women’s doubles title as a team, defeating Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina and Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia. This was the No.1 seeds’ maiden Australia Open title and came after the Czech duo overcame a spirited challenge from the unseeded pair of […]
In her first match in over a month, since losing to compatriot Sloane Stephens in the second round of the US Open, the 17-year-old secured a 2-hour and 10-minute victory to reach the third round.
Barbora, the French Open singles and doubles champion this year, and Katerina defeated the Belinda-Viktorija pair 7-5, 6-1, in the one hour and 25 minutes, becoming the first team from the Czech Republic to claim the women's doubles gold.
Krejcikova won just her fifth major tournament as a singles player by beating 31st-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in the final at Roland Garros.