Babos-Mladenovic pair claims 1st Grand Slam title

Melbourne Jan 26 (IANS) Hungarian Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic of France on Friday won the women s doubles title at the Australian Open tennis tournament after defeating the second seeded Russian pair of Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova 6-4 6-3.

It took the fifth-seeded Hungarian/French duo one hour and 20 minutes to win their first Grand Slam title together; after renewing their partnership they had ended after the WTA Finals in 2015 reports Efe.

"Of course it s an incredible feeling to share this moment together on court. We really enjoy playing together. We improved overall I think every single match " Babos said.

Mladenovic said: "At the end of the day like we all say as a tennis player you remember the winner. You don t really mind who you played in the Grand Slam final or how you played it."

Mladenovic had previously won the women s doubles title at the 2016 French Open with her compatriot Caroline Garcia with whom Mladenovic also reached the US Open women s doubles final in the same year.

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