Timea Babos News
The 15-year-old American phenom was forced to dig deep to become the youngest player since Anna Kournikova in 1996 to reach the third round of the women`s singles at Flushing Meadows.
The Indo-Hungarian combine converted two of those chances to claim the early advantage.
Bopanna served well while Babos stood out with her fierce returns in their 7-5, 5-7, 10-6 win over Brazilian Marcelo Demoliner and Spain’s Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in the semifinal.
Hungarian Timea Babos and France’s Kristina Mladenovic defeated Russian duo Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 6-4 6-3 to win the women’s doubles title at the Australian Open on Friday.
India’s Rohan Bopanna and Timea Babos of Hungary entered the mixed doubles semifinals at the Australian Open with a straight-set win over Colombian Juan Sebastian Cabal and Abigail Spears of USA, here on Wednesday.
India's Rohan Bopanna and his Hungarian partner Timea Babos entered the Australian Open mixed doubles quarter-finals after registering a 6-4, 6-4 win against US's Vania King and Croatia's Franko Skugor here on Tuesday.
The Indo-Hungarian pair brushed aside the duo of Ellen Perez and Andrew Whittington 6-2, 6-4 on the Margaret Court Arena.
The former world number one and five-time major winner pulled off a 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-1 win over Timea Babos of Hungary.
Sania Mirza will now enter Australian Open as a defending champion in women's doubles event, a tournament she won in 2016 with Swiss legend Martina Hingis.
The top-seeded Indo-Swiss pair topped the Red Group with an unbeaten 3-0 run.
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