In the third round of the Australian Open women's doubles, Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara won the pair of Slovak and Russian players with a set count of 2: 1 and advanced to the top 8 for the second consecutive year. I decided.
On the 8th day of the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, a pair of Aoyama and Shibahara played against a pair of Slovak Victoria Kuzmova and Russia's Vera Zvonareva in the third round of the women's doubles.
The pair of Aoyama and Shibahara dropped the first set 1-6, but the second set showed aggressive net play and evenly developed, and succeeded in breaking in the 11th game and made this set. I took it back in 7-5.
In the final 3rd set, he succeeded in breaking in the 7th game, which was greeted by 3-3, and gained momentum.
It is the second consecutive year that the pair of Aoyama and Shibahara will advance to the quarterfinals in the Australian Open Women's Doubles.
Meanwhile, in the third round of the men's doubles, a pair of Ben McLachlan and a South African player played against a pair of Australian players, but lost with a set count of 0-2.