On February 20th, Beijing time, the Australian Tennis Open was underway. At present, the individual finals have been announced. In the women's singles, famous Japanese players Naomi Osaka faced off against No. 22 seed player Brady . In men's singles, the world's No. 1 Djokovic faced Russian player Medvedev. In the men's singles semi-finals, Djokovic defeated Russian dark horse Karatsev in straight sets and advanced to the final. Medvedev defeated Tsitsipas with a total score of 3:0 and successfully advanced.
At present, the Australian Open women's doubles champion has been announced. In the women's doubles final, the second-seeded combination Mertens/Sabalenka defeated the third-seeded combination Kretkova/Sniakova in straight sets with a total score of 6-2, 6-3. Successfully won the second Grand Slam women's doubles crown. Previously, the two had partnered to win the 2019 US Open women's doubles championship. At the same time, this is also the fifth time that the two have won the championship together.
It is worth mentioning that after winning the Grand Slam women's doubles championship, the 23-year-old tennis star Sabalenka has become the first Belarusian to win the Australian Open women's doubles championship in 24 years. Her partner Mertens became the first Belgian in history to win the Australian Open women's doubles crown. After the Australian Open, the ranking of 23-year-old Sabalenka will surpass Chinese Taipei star Hsieh Su-wei to become the number one in women's doubles.
Count the number of championships the two have won. The two have partnered to win the 2019 Indian Wells women's doubles championship, the 2019 Miami women's doubles championship, the 2019 US Open women's doubles championship, the 2020 Ostrava women's doubles championship, and the 2021 women's doubles championship. Australian Open women's doubles champion. After winning the championship, Sabalenka and Mertens were very happy and excited. They jumped into the air and took photos together. Rookie Sabalenka was still lying on her side on the court, making faces and taking photos with the championship trophy.
At the post-match press conference, Australian Open women's doubles champions Sabalenka/Mertens sent sincere greetings to the fans after the award ceremony. Sabalenka said she was very happy to win the Australian Open women's doubles title and revealed that the past few weeks have been great. Mertens thanked the Australian Tennis Association and all staff. She was very happy that fans could come to the game to support her game, and she was looking forward to the next game.
It is worth mentioning that Sabalenka confirmed at the press conference after winning the Australian Open women's doubles that she and Mertens will not continue to pair up in Grand Slam doubles this season. Sabalenka said that she will focus on women's singles competition next, but the two will still partner up to participate in some WTA 1000 and 500 events, such as the next Dubai and Miami stations. It is true that the focus of fans is more on the singles matches. I also wish them both good results in the women's singles competition.
