Kateřina Siniaková (29) and Taylor Townsendová (29) started their journey to defend their title at the Australian Open with a smooth victory over the Czech-Belgian pair Anna Sisková (24) Magali Kempenová (28) after sets 6:3, 6:4. Linda Nosková (21), with Slovak Rebecca Šramková (29) and Tomáš Macháč (25) with Matěj Vocel (28), finish on the other hand.
Siniaková and Townsendova entered the match confidently when they broke the opponent’s serve in the fourth game. They never wavered on their serve and led the set to a comfortable 6:3 win in 34 minutes of play.
Right at the beginning of the second set, the challengers of the seeded 1s did not hold serve again when the youngest player on the court, Sisková, lost it, and it looked like the match would end very quickly. Right after that, Townsend lost her serve and it was even.
In the fifth game, it was again the Olomouc native who could not resist the pressure of the favorites, and the defending champions took the lead again. Even this time, the American did not confirm the break and it was tied again – 3:3.
The decisive moment of the match came in the final two games. For the third time in the second set, it was Sisko who didn’t capitalize on the serve advantage, and this time Townsend didn’t hesitate. The favorites led the entire match in one hour and eighteen minutes to the expected win 6:3, 6:4.
Siniaková is in Melbourne, where she has already dominated the doubles three times, both in the game and in the singles. In the first round, the native of Hradec Králové easily coped with the Hungarian Panna Udvardyová, whom she left behind by three games. Her doubles partner Townsend, on the other hand, had already finished when she was not good enough for compatriot Hailey Baptiste.
In the second round, Siniakova and Townsend will face the Chinese pair Yifan Yu, Zhaoxuan Yang.
Pavlásek, Malečková and Škochová are also celebrating their progress
Adam Pavlásek and Australian John Smith have already advanced to the second round, when they dealt with the purely domestic pair of Patrik Harper and Adam Walton 7:6, 6:3.
The Czech pair of Jessika Malečková and Miriam Škochová also had a successful start, beating the Czech-Brazilian pair of Sára Bejlek and Laura Pigossi 6:2, 6:1 without any problems.
Nosková and Macháč finished playing with Vocel
Lidna Nosková and Rebecca Šramková, on the other hand, did not succeed when they lost to the strong pair of Asia Muhammadová and Erin Routliffeová twice 4:6. Although the Czech-Slovak couple lost 2:4 in the first set, another lost serve gave them a 1:0 lead in the sets of their opponent.
The situation was repeated in the second set. Nosková and Šramková erased the opponents’ lead 3:1, at 4:4, but they lost their serve for the second time in the set and the opponents already brought the match to a winning end.
Even Tomáš Macháč and Matěj Vocel did not follow up on their quarter-final appearance at last year’s US Open, when they clearly lost to the Argentinian pair Máxim González and Andrés Molteni 1:6, 4:6.
The Czech pair entered the match with a lost serve and took a 0:3 loss. After that, although Macháč and Vocel won their first game, that was all from their side in the opening set.
The unequivocal duel continued in the second set. The Argentinians quickly took a 3:1 lead and secured the lead without any major problems. In one hour and seven minutes, they could enjoy a comfortable win 6:1, 6:4.
Australian Open women’s doubles results
