Doubles title for Williams sisters
12 April 2012
Serena and Venus Williams won their eighth grand slam women's doubles title with a 6-3 6-3 victory over Daniela Hantuchova and Ai Sugiyama at the Australian Open.
The triumph was also the Williams' third title in Melbourne after winning in 2001 and 2003.
The sisters are now the joint third most successful partnership in the open era in terms of grand slam doubles title alongside Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez and behind Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver (21) and Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva (14).
