2021 Australian Open – Day 4 doubles final results

MELBOURNE, Australia – Canadians Denis Shapovalov and Vasek Pospisil team up for doubles, while Félix Auger-Aliassime and Hubert Hurkacz, basically a pickup team that … won the Paris Masters last fall, reprise at a Grand Slam.

Sharon Fichman also gets on court for the first time – and pulls off the upsets.

2021 Australian Open
Doubles, first round
Thursday, Feb. 110, 2021
Final results

Women’s doubles, first round

Canadian content

Sharon Fichman (CAN) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) def [5] Hao-Ching Chan / Latisha Chan (TPE) 16 76 (1) 62

Upsets

Bernarda Pera (USA) / Rosalie Van der Hoek (NED) def [15] Anna Blinkova / Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 36 63 75

Seeds advancing

[1] Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) / Barbora Strycova (CZE) def [WC] Destanee Aiava / Astra Sharma (AUS) 64 57 64
[4] Nicole Melichar (USA) / Demi Schuurs (NED) def. Fiona Ferro (FRA) / Jil Teichmann (SUI) 32 retd
[12] Hayley Carter (USA) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) def. Elena Ryakina / Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 64 63
[14] Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) / Andreja Klepac (SLO) def. Georgina Garcia Perez (ESP) / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) 75 64
[16] Vera Zvonareva (RUS) / Laura Siegemund (GER) def [WC] Kimberly Birrell / Jaimee Fourlis (AUS) 62 61

Other results (in alphabetical order)

[WC] Lizette Cabrera / Maddison Inglis (AUS) def Renata Voracova (CZE) / Yafan Wang (CHN) 76 (3) 46 76 [12-10]
Arantxa Rus (NED) / Tamara Zidansek (SLO) def Alison Riske (USA) / Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 61 67 (5) 75
[WC] Arina Rodionova / Storm Sanders (AUS) def [WC] Simona Halep (ROU) / Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz (AUS) 64 75
Ons Jabeur (TUN) / Christina McHale (USA) def [WC] Daria Gavrilova / Ellen Perez (AUS) 76 (4) 64
[WC] Olivia Gadecki / Belinda Woolcock (AUS) def Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) / Ankita Raina (IND) 63 60
Darija Jurak (CRO / Nina Stojanovic (SRB) def Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) / Nadia Podoroska (ARG) 60 57 62
Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) / Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) def Zarina Diyas / Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 64 62

Men’s doubles, first round

Postponed

[WC] Thanasi Kokkinakis / Nick Kyrgios (AUS) vs. [ALT] Lloyd Harris (RSA) / Julian Knowle (AUT)
Alexander Bublik / Andrey Golubev (KAZ) vs. ~~Attila Balazs / Marton Fucsovics (HUN)~~ [ALT] Salvatore Caruso (ITA) / Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN)

Pablo Andujar / Pedro Martinez (ESP) vs. Tomislav Brkic (BIH) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 36 76 (4) 01 – suspended

Canadian content

Vasek Pospisil / Denis Shapovalov (CAN) def. ~~[WC] Alex Bolt / Jordan Thompson (AUS)~~ [ALT] Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) / Andrej Martin (SVK) 63 76 (3)

[16] Ken Skupski / Neal Skupski (GBR) def. Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) / Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 63 62

Injury retirements

[7] Marcelo Melo (BRA) / Horia Tecau (ROU) def Filip Krajinovic (SRB) / Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 30 retd

Upsets

Nicholas Monroe / Frances Tiafoe (USA) def [3] Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 75 64
Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) def [12] Jérémy Chardy / Fabrice Martin (FRA) 63 64
Miomir Kcmanovic (SRB) / Casper Ruud (NOR) def [13] Robin Haase (NED) / Oliver Marach (AUT) 63 16 60
Dominik Koepfer (GER) / Tennys Sandgren (USA) def [14] Sander Gille / Joran Vliegen (BEL) 67 (4) 62 76 [10-8]

Seeds advancing

[1] Juan Sebastian Cabal Robert Farah (COL) def Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) / Andre Begemann (GER) 67 (5) 76 (6) 64
[4] Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Lukasz Kubot (POL) def Ariel Behar (URU) / Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) 63 64
[5] Rajeev Ram (USA) / Joe Salisbury (GBR) def Jonny O’Mara (GBR) / Artem Sitak (NZL) 64 64
[9] Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Filip Polasek (SVK) def. Pablo Carreño Busta / Marc Lopez (ESP) 61 63John Millman (AUS) / Thiago Monteiro (BRA) def Federico Coria / Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 76 (5) 61
Marcus Daniell (NZL) / Philipp Oswald (AUT) def Adrian Mannarino / Gilles Simon (FRA) 64 62
Yannick Hanfmann / Kevin Krawietz (GER) def Divij Sharan (IND) / Igor Zelenay (SVK) 61 64
James Duckworth / Marc Polmans (AUS) def Nikola Cacic (SRB) / Frederik Nielsen (DEN) 64 64
Luke Bambridge / Dominic Inglot (GBR) def Aljaz Bedene (SLO) / Jiri Vesely (CZE) 67 (2) 76 (5) 76 [10-7]