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Mladenovic, Babos reclaim Australian Open doubles title

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AFP Melbourne
Last Updated : Jan 31 2020 | 2:35 PM IST

France's Kristina Mladenovic and Timea Babos of Hungary upset top seeds Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strycova to win their second Australian Open women's doubles title in three years on Friday.

The pair beat the reigning Wimbledon champions 6-2, 6-1 in 1hr 12mins to claim their third Grand Slam title together and 10th overall.

Mladenovic, who won the Fed Cup with France in Perth in November, also reached last year's Melbourne doubles final with Babos, going down to Sam Stosur and Zhang Shuai.

"There's just something about Australia -- we love coming back," said Babos.

"Our performance becomes better and better each time."

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First Published: Jan 31 2020 | 2:35 PM IST

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