Marach, Pavic claim Australian Open men's doubles crown

ByReuters

Updated 27/01/2018 at 14:24 GMT

Austrian Oliver Marach and Croatia's Mate Pavic captured the Australian Open men's doubles crown with a clinical 6-4 6-4 win over Colombian duo Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah.

Croatia's Mate Pavic (R) and Austria's Oliver Marach hold the winners' trophy after beating Colombia's Robert Farah and Colombia's Juan Sebastian Cabal in their men's doubles final match on day 13 of the Australian Open

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Marach and Pavic claimed their first grand slam title as a team in their fourth appearance at a major, breaking the Colombians at 4-4 in each set at Rod Laver Arena.

Marach became just the third Austrian to win a men’s doubles grand slam title after Julian Knowle won the 2007 U.S. Open with Simon Aspelin, and Jurgen Melzer claimed the 2010 Wimbledon and the 2011 U.S. Open championships with Philipp Petzschner.

Pavic made himself the second Croatian doubles player to win a major trophy after Ivan Dodig, the 2015 French Open winner with Marcelo Melo.

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