Mladenovic and Babos crowned women's doubles champions at Australian Open

Timea Babos and Kristina Mlevic won ir second Australian Open women's doubles crown in three years on Friday, beating top seeds Hsieh Su-Wei and Barbora Strycova 6-2, 6-1.

Babos and Mlevic me only four unforced errors in a dominant display.

With temperature soaring to 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius), mixed doubles semifinals and women’s doubles final were played under a closed roof on main court at Melbourne Park.

A brief rain shower helped lower temperature to about 100 degrees (40 Celsius) during late afteron.

Great Britain's Jamie Murray moved a step closer to an eighth Grand Slam doubles title as he and Bethanie Mattek-Sands reached Australian Open final.

Murray and American Mattek-Sands saw off Australian wild cards Astra Sharma and John-Patrick Smith 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).

y will face fifth seeds Barbora Krejcikova from Czech Republic and Croatia's Nikola Mektic on Saturday.