Hseih Su-wei and Elise Mertens Clinch Australian Open Women's Doubles Title

Taiwan's Hseih becomes second-oldest woman to win a Grand Slam doubles title, marking her seventh, and Mertens' fourth Grand Slam women's doubles victory.

• Hseih Su-wei of Taiwan and Elise Mertens of Belgium won the Australian Open women's doubles, making Hseih the second-oldest woman to win a Grand Slam doubles title.
• The pair defeated Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia and Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine with a score of 6-1, 7-5 in the final.
• This is Hseih's seventh Grand Slam women's doubles title and Mertens' fourth, and their second together.
• The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes, with Hseih and Mertens taking the first set in just over half an hour.
• Mertens will return to the No. 1 WTA doubles ranking on Monday, a position she first held in May, 2021.

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