Australia’s dynamic duo Jason Kubler and Rinky Hijikata won in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), dropping only two sets en route to one of the unlikeliest of championships.
Australia’s dynamic duo Jason Kubler and Rinky Hijikata have followed in the footsteps of the Woodies and the country’s ‘Special K’ combination one year ago by charging to the 2023 Australian Open men’s doubles title.
Kubler and Hijikata, who had never played a tournament together, defeated Hugo Nys, of Monaco, and Jan Zielinski, of Poland.They are the fifth unseeded men’s doubles combination to triumph in Melbourne in the open era. Playing before an appreciative and supportive crowd which stayed around on Rod Laver Arena after witnessing
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