L’Open d’Australie 2022 smiled at the Habs in singles with the quarterbacksAlize Cornet and Gael Monfils but much less in doubles. Well, at least in the Ladies and Gentlemen tables. Indeed, on the side of the mixed, a Blue went to seek the title this Friday. At 2 a.m. in France on the Rod Laver Arena, Grand Slam, the Blues to the revival: "There are encouraging signs"”>Kristina Mladenovic, accompanied by Ivan Dodig, won her third Mixed Major. Remarkable in doubles, she forms a formidable pair with the 37-year-old Croatian. Seeded n°5, the Franco-Croatian pair managed to break the dream of the locals Jaimee Fourlis/Jason Kubler, 6-3, 6-4 to clinch the title in Melbourne. A beautiful performance of Kiki which will give him confidence at the start of the season and no doubt help him for the singles. She is now at 8 Grand Slam titles in doubles. Impressive !
Mladenovic and Dodig won the Australian Open 2022
Find here the mixed doubles table of the Australian Open
“These are really prestigious moments. A lot of emotion, adrenaline, stress”
“It’s awesome, it’s really crazy. The other day I was wondering how many finals I had. I took 5 minutes to count. It’s awesome ! When you play or win a Grand Slam final, you never know if it’s the last. These are truly prestigious times. A lot of emotion, adrenaline, stress. We want to collect these prestigious titles. Inevitably, super happy to add this cup to my prize list once again, which I had won in 2014. We retain the winners so very happy to share this with Ivan and to win my 8th Grand Slam title. It’s too good!“, she said at a press conference.
Kiki Mladenovic had already won 2 Grand Slam titles in mixed, and 5 in women’s doubles
With the Canadian Daniel Nestor, Kristina Mladenovic had won Wimbledon 2013 and theOpen d’Australie 2014. Add to that a final in 2013 at Roland-Garros and another final at Melbourne in 2015. Kiki masters the discipline and is aiming for a 3rd Major in mixed. Note that she had not played in this table since theOpen d’Australie 2019. She was playing at the time with Robert Lindstedt. The two had stuck on the second lap. Obviously, this year, with Dodig, it matches! Maybe the two will try to do it again in other Majors this season. Let’s remember that in women’s doubles, Kiki had already won 5 Majors, 4 with Timea Babos and 1 with Caro Garcia.
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They defeat Fourlis/Kubler 6-3 6-4 to win the mixed doubles crown ðŸ??† #AusOpen • #AO2022
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