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The doubles officially begins today, but it’s only a trickling of matches to get things started – four women’s matches and two men’s matches.

Among them is one involving Leylah Fernandez, who is the No. 16 seed as she plays this tournament with Nadiia Kichenok. They got through fairy routinely against an Aussie wild card team.

The biggest team, though unseeded, is theh Russian duo of Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider, who both won their first-round singles matches and won again on Tuesday.

(Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of ET).

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Australian Open
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Category: Grand Slam 
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Jan. 12-26, 2025
Prize Money: $96,500,000 AUD
Draws: S128 – D64

Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025
Final results

Women’s doubles, first round

[16] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) def. [WC] Talia Gibson / Maya Joint (AUS) 63 63

[5] Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) def. Olga Danilovic (SRB) / Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 57 64 64

Mirra Andreeva / Diana Shnaider (RUS) def Angelica Moratelli (ITA) / Katarzyna Piter (POL) 75 61

Anna Blinkova (RUS) / Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) def. Jodie Burrage (GBR) / Clara Tauson (DEN) 46 64 76 [10-8]

Men’s doubles, first round

Pedro Martinez / Jaume Munar (ESP) def [14] Nicolas Barrientos (COL) / Rohan Bopanna (IND) 75 76 (5)

Adam Pavlasek (NED) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) def. Romain Arneodo (MON) / Arthur Cazaux (FRA) 63 67 (4) 64

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