Sabalenka and Mertens make it to final of Australian Open

Aryna Sabalenka entered the Australian Open doubles final. Belgian Elise Mertens the Belarusian won over international tandem Nicole Melichar (USA) - Demi Schuurs (Netherlands) 7: 5, 6: 4 that night. The match lasted 1 hour 36 minutes. For the trophy, they will compete with the third rackets of the competition - the Czechs Katerina Siniakova and Barbora Krejcikova. The match for the title will take place early on Friday morning. Aryna has already won in a duet with Mertens: they were the best at the US Open in 2019.