Olivia Gadecki and John Peers win Australian Open mixed doubles title
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Australia's Olivia Gadecki and John Peers pose with the trophy after winning the mixed doubles final.
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MELBOURNE - Australians Olivia Gadecki and John Peers battled back from a set down to defeat compatriots Kimberly Birrell and John-Patrick Smith 3-6, 6-4, 10-6 in the mixed doubles final at Melbourne Park on Jan 24.
Birrell and Smith raced to a 3-0 lead in the opening set on Rod Laver Arena and while they were pegged back to 5-2 they kept their cool to close out it out in 34 minutes.
Gadecki and Peers stepped up a gear to level the contest in a tight second set before going on to win the 10-point tiebreaker.
While it was Gadecki's first mixed doubles title at a Grand Slam, Peers picked up his second having won the 2022 US Open in the category. The 36-year-old also won men's doubles gold at the Paris Olympics with compatriot Matthew Ebden and the 2017 Australian Open alongside Finn Henri Kontinen.
The match was the first all-Australian final at the tournament in the Open-era and the first since 1967. It also marks the 14th edition of the Australian Open where a home player was crowned champion in at least one category. REUTERS
