French duo Herbert, Mahut complete career Grand Slam in Australia
France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut have won their maiden Australian Open, beating Finn Henri Kontinen and local by John Peers to secure their doubles career Grand Slam.
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Fifth seeds Herbert and Mahut got the opening at 4-4 in the first set, breaking Kontinen's serve, before Herbert held to go one up.
Games went with serve in the second set to set up a tiebreak, where the French again took the upper hand over the 2017 Australian Open champions.
They wrapped up the match 6-4 7-6(1) in one hour and 38 minutes at the Rod Laver Arena to add to their US Open, Wimbledon and French Open titles.
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