Thursday in Melbourne, the Belgian-Russian pair, seeded N.3 lost to the Czechs Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, respectively second and first in the world in doubles, seeded N.1, in two sets and one. hour and 13 minutes of play (6-2; 6-3). In the final, the two Czechs will play against Kazakh Anna Danilina (WTA 53 doubles) and Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia (WTA 150 doubles). The latter beat shortly before the Japanese Shuko Aoyama (WTA 6 in doubles) and Ena Shibahara (WTA 6 in doubles), seeded N.2 (6-4; 5-7; 6-4).
At 26, Elise Mertens, who was defending champion in Melbourne, thus misses a fourth Grand Slam final in doubles after her victories at the US Open 2019 and the Australian Open 2021 alongside Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and at Wimbledon 2021 alongside Taiwanese Hsieh Su-Wei. His counter remains stuck at 14 titles in doubles on the WTA circuit.
In singles, Elise Mertens, 26th in the world, was eliminated in the round of 16 by the American Danielle Collins (WTA 30). Elise Mertens, 4th in the world in doubles, and her Russian partner Veronika Kudermetova (WTA 13 in doubles) did not are not qualified for the final of the Australian Open tennis, first round of the Grand Slam. Thursday in Melbourne, the Belgian-Russian pair, seeded N.3 lost to the Czechs Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, respectively second and first in the world in doubles, seeded N.1, in two sets and one. hour and 13 minutes of play (6-2; 6-3). In the final, the two Czechs will play against Kazakh Anna Danilina (WTA 53 doubles) and Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia (WTA 150 doubles). The latter beat shortly before the Japanese Shuko Aoyama (WTA 6 in doubles) and Ena Shibahara (WTA 6 in doubles), seeded N.2 (6-4; 5-7; 6-4).
At 26, Elise Mertens, who was defending champion in Melbourne, thus misses a fourth Grand Slam final in doubles after her victories at the US Open 2019 and the Australian Open 2021 alongside Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and at Wimbledon 2021 alongside Taiwanese Hsieh Su-Wei. His counter remains stuck at 14 titles in doubles on the WTA circuit.
In singles, Elise Mertens, 26th player in the world, was eliminated in the round of 16 by the American Danielle Collins (WTA 30).
