Babos and Mladenovic win Australian Open women's doubles
Tennis - Australian Open - Women's Doubles Final - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 31, 2020 Hungary's Timea Babos and France's Kristina Mladenovic celebrate with the trophy after winning the final against Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh and Czech Republic's Barbora Strycova. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic won their second Australian Open women's doubles crown in three years on Friday, beating top seeds Hsieh Su-Wei and Barbora Strycova 6-2 6-1.
Second seeded Babos and Mladenovic, who lost to Sam Stosur and Zhang Shuai last year, claimed their third Grand Slam doubles crown as a pair, having won last year's French Open.
France's Mladenovic, who won the 2016 French Open with compatriot Caroline Garcia, brought her Grand Slam doubles tally to four titles, one more than her Hungarian partner Babos.
Tennis - Australian Open - Women's Doubles Final - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 31, 2020 Hungary's Timea Babos and France's Kristina Mladenovic celebrate with the trophy after winning the final against Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh and Czech Republic's Barbora Strycova. REUTERS/Edgar Su
(Reporting by Ian Ransom; editing by John Stonestreet)
Tennis - Australian Open - Women's Doubles Final - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 31, 2020 Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh and Czech Republic's Barbora Strycova pose with their runners up trophies after losing in the final against Hungary's Timea Babos and France's Kristina Mladenovic. REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiTennis - Australian Open - Women's Doubles Final - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 31, 2020 Hungary's Timea Babos and France's Kristina Mladenovic celebrate with the trophy after winning the final against Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh and Czech Republic's Barbora Strycova. REUTERS/Edgar SuTennis - Australian Open - Women's Doubles Final - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 31, 2020 Hungary's Timea Babos and France's Kristina Mladenovic celebrate winning their match against Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh and Czech Republic's Barbora Strycova. REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiTennis - Australian Open - Women's Doubles Final - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 31, 2020 Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh and Czech Republic's Barbora Strycova react during their match against Hungary's Timea Babos and France's Kristina Mladenovic. REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiTennis - Australian Open - Women's Doubles Final - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 31, 2020 Hungary's Timea Babos and France's Kristina Mladenovic in action during their match against Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh and Czech Republic's Barbora Strycova. REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiTennis - Australian Open - Women's Doubles Final - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 31, 2020 Hungary's Timea Babos and France's Kristina Mladenovic celebrate winning their match against Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh and Czech Republic's Barbora Strycova. REUTERS/Edgar SuTennis - Australian Open - Women's Doubles Final - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 31, 2020 Hungary's Timea Babos and France's Kristina Mladenovic celebrate winning their match against Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh and Czech Republic's Barbora Strycova. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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