Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci successfully defended their Australian Open title with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 win over Russian pair Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina on Friday.
Italians Errani and Vinci are the first women’s doubles team to win back-to-back Australian titles since Serena and Venus Williams in 2010.
Errani and Vinci dominated early before French Open champions Makarova and Vesnina, seeded third, applied pressure in the second set.
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Errani and Vinci renewed their focus, and tightened their serve, recovering a break before surging ahead late in the third set to confidently close out the match.
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