NYSE - LSE
CMSD 0.09% 21.18 $
JRI -0.32% 12.4 $
CMSC 0.16% 21.31 $
RBGPF -0.62% 70.69 $
VOD -0.38% 15.88 $
BCC -1.49% 78.77 $
RYCEF -0.48% 20.75 $
AZN -1.06% 164.52 $
BP -0.38% 42.34 $
BCE -0.38% 23.4 $
NGG -1.38% 79.43 $
RIO 0.08% 104.78 $
GSK -2.31% 50.27 $
BTI -2.06% 56.28 $
RELX 2.64% 36.3 $
Peers and Gadecki retain Australian Open mixed-doubles crown
Peers and Gadecki retain Australian Open mixed-doubles crown / Photo: Martin KEEP - AFP

Peers and Gadecki retain Australian Open mixed-doubles crown

Wildcards John Peers and Olivia Gadecki became the first team to retain the Australian Open mixed-doubles title since 1988-89 when they outlasted French pair Kristina Mladenovic and Manuel Guinard on Friday.

Text size:

They came through 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 on Rod Laver Arena to deny France a first mixed-doubles crown at a Grand Slam since Roland Garros in 2004.

It was a third Slam mixed-doubles title for Peers, to go with one men's doubles crown, and the second for Gadecki.

The last team to retain an Australian Open mixed-doubles title was the Czech Jana Novotna and American Jim Pugh.

E.Ramalho--PC