Other Australian Open achievements: double titles at 38 years old

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The Indian Rohan Bopanna he made history as the oldest Grand Slam champion of the professional era. At 43 years old, after achieving his first ‘big’, he will also debut as world number one in the specialty.

He is not the only experienced or Asian tennis player who preached a long life in this sport, especially in doubles. The Taiwanese Su-Wei Hsieh He won the doubles title in Melbourne at the age of 38.

He won on Friday in the mixed duet with the Pole Jan Zielinski. They defeated the American 6-7 (5), 6-4 and 11-9 Desiree Krawczyk and in british Neal Skupski.

This Sunday, at the same Rod Laver Arena that eventually called the Italian in the men’s final Jannik Sinner and in Russian Daniel Medvedev She also lifted the women’s doubles champion trophy, along with the Belgian Elise Mertens and defeat the Ukrainian Lyudmyla Kichenok that is latvian Jelena Ostapenko by 6-1 and 7-5.

Hsieh did not break the Grand Slam women’s doubles record because the American Lisa Raymond He was eight days older when he won the 2021 US Open. In the mix, Martina Navratilova he won the 2006 US Open with Bob Bryan at age 49.

During this time, Hsieh and Mertens regained a union that had been fruitful four years earlier. They won Wimbledon 2021.

Su-Wei Hsieh He added his sixth double Grand Slam. In 2023 he won Roland Garros (with Wang) and Wimbledon (Strycova). Mertens has won the 2021 Australian Open with the now two-time individual champion, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.

Source: La Verdad

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