Australian Open: Samantha Stosur, Zhang Shuai win women's doubles title
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The Australian-Chinese combination battled past Hungarian-French second seeds Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 6-4 on Rod Laver Arena.
Unseeded pair Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai took out the Australian Open women's doubles title on Friday to be crowned Grand Slam champions at Melbourne Park for the first time.
The Australian-Chinese combination battled past Hungarian-French second seeds Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic -- last year's champions -- 6-3, 6-4 on Rod Laver Arena.
"Today, it is a dream true for me," said Zhang, who won her first Grand Slam doubles title.
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Stosur added: "Shuai, it is always a pleasure being on court with you, we have a great friendship."
"We have a great friendship and I think that really shows when we play."@bambamsam30 credits partner @zhangshuai121 for their #AusOpen title. pic.twitter.com/Wl57GNIGJI
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 25, 2019
.@zhangshuai121 considered retirement in 2015. @bambamsam30 urged her to keep playing.
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 25, 2019
Four years later, they are Grand Slam champions together 🏆#AusOpen pic.twitter.com/IP1vtMCgdo
It was their maiden Slam crown as a team, although Stosur had previously won the 2005 US Open and 2006 French Open in a partnership with Lisa Raymond that earned them 20 titles altogether.
En route to the title, Stosur and Zhang knocked out reigning French Open and Wimbledon champions Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova.
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