Russians win Australian Open women's doubles
JUSTIN BERGMANJUSTIN BERGMAN, Associated Press?
?Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova, right, with her doubles partner Vera Zvonareva, bottom, serves to Italy's Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)
Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova, right, with her doubles partner Vera Zvonareva, bottom, serves to Italy's Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)
Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova, left, and with her doubles partner Vera Zvonareva plays a shot against Italy's Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/John Donegan)
Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova, right, and Vera Zvonareva talk during a break as they play Italy's 'Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Sarah Ivey)
Italy's Sara Errani, right, and Roberta Vinci, celebrate a point win against Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva, in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Sarah Ivey)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ? Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva of Russia have captured the Australian Open women's doubles title, beating the Italian duo of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 Friday.
Kuznetsova, a two-time Grand Slam singles champion, and Zvonareva are both known primarily for their singles play, although each has one previous Grand Slam doubles title with a different partner.
The unseeded duo hadn't played together since the French Open last year.
Errani and Vinci were playing in their first Grand Slam final together. Their previous best result was reaching the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open last year.
Associated Press
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