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Aus Open: Top Seeds Siniakova, Townsend Take Home Women's Doubles Title
Former WTA Doubles World No: No.1 seeds Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend battled past No.3 seeds Hsieh Su-wei and Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-3 in a gripping final on Sunday to clinch the women's doubles title at the Australian Open.
Siniakova and Townsend, the Czech-American pair lived up to their top-seeded billing on Rod Laver Arena, but they had to shake off a second-set comeback by Hsieh and Ostapenko before taking the match after 2 hours and 27 minutes minutes of play.
Doubles world no. 1 Siniakova has now won 10 Grand Slam titles in women's doubles. She is the first player to amass 10 women's doubles major titles since Martina Hingis captured her 10th at 2015 Wimbledon. Her Grand Slam trophy haul includes seven titles with Barbora Krejcikova, one with Coco Gauff, and now two with Townsend, according to WTA.
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