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Czech pair wins Australian Open doubles for 7th major title

Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova, left, and Katerina Siniakova maintain their trophy aloft after defeating Japan’s Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara within the girls’s doubles closing on the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023.

  • Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova, left, and Katerina Siniakova hold their trophy aloft after defeating Japan's Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023.
  • Japan's Shuko Aoyama, left, reacts during a post macyth speech with Ena Shibahara following their loss to Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023.
  • Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, left, celebrate after defeating Japan's Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023.
  • Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, right, celebrate after defeating Japan's Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023.
  • Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova, left, and Katerina Siniakova, second right, are congratulated by Japan's Shuko Aoyama, right, and Ena Shibahara following the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023.
  • Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, right, celebrate after defeating Japan's Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023.
  • Japan's Shuko Aoyama, left, and Ena Shibahara return a shot to Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023.
  • Japan's Shuko Aoyama, right, and Ena Shibahara react during their match against Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023.
  • Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova, left, and Katerina Siniakova pose with their trophy after defeating Japan's Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Katerina Siniakova and Barbora Krejcikova have prolonged their Grand Slam profitable streak to 24 matches with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Japan’s Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara to win the Australian Open girls’s doubles title on Sunday.

It was the seventh Grand Slam doubles title by the Czech pair, who broke their Japanese opponents in every of the primary video games of the units.

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“A giant because of my associate Barbora,” stated Siniakova. “I’m so glad we did it once more, it was a pleasant journey.“

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The Czech gamers received final yr’s Australian Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open doubles titles, including to their Tokyo Olympic gold medals in 2021.

Aoyama and Shibahara had been showing of their tenth closing collectively and first at a Grand Slam match.

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