Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Poland's Jan Zielinski are the Australian Open mixed doubles champions after beating Desirae Krawczyk of the United States and Neal Skupski of Britain 6-7 (5), 6-4, 11-9 on Friday. (More Tennis News)
It was the first championship final of ⛄the 15-day tournament that began Jan. 14.
Hsieh and Zielinski led 4-0 in the match tiebreaker ཧbefore Krawczyk and Skupski 𒁏fought back. The teams were tied 7-7, 8-8 and 9-9 before the winners pulled away with the final two points.
Hsieh has a chance for a se🍌cond title — she will play in the women's doubles♕ final at Melbourne Park with Elise Mertens on Sunday. The mixed doubles win Friday was her seventh major doubles title, including four women's doubles titles at Wimbledon.
“I thought it was a really tough match, but we made it," Hsieh said at theꦇ trophy presentation. “But I thank you so much for the great match. It was really fun on the court to play against you guys.”
Krawczyk was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam in mixed doubles. She won Wimbledon in 💧2021 and 2022 with Skupski and the French Open and U.S. Open, both in 2021, with Joe Salisbury.
