Czech top seeds Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova successfully defended their Australian Open women’s doubles crown on Sunday to extend their dominant Grand Slam streak.
The pair beat Japan’s 10th seeds Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara 6-4, 6-3 to win their 24th consecutive major tournament after winning the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open last year.
“Thank you very much to my friend Barbora,” said Siniakova. “I’m so glad we’re doing it again, it’s been a great journey. Thanks for playing with me.”
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It was her seventh Slam title making her only the fifth women’s team in the Open-era to claim as many. Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver hold the record with 20.
She broke Shibahara’s opening service game to immediately put the Japanese pair on the back foot and never let up, repeating the feat in the second set to sail home in 1 hour 29 minutes.