Australian Open: Kristina Mladenovic and Ivan Dodig win mixed doubles title

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Kristina Mladenovic (right) previously won the Australian Open mixed doubles with Daniel Nestor in 2014

Australian Open 2022

Dates: 17-30 January Venue: Melbourne Park

Coverage: Daily radio commentaries on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC Sport website and app, with selected live text commentaries online; TV highlights from middle Saturday.

Kristina Mladenovic and Ivan Dodig beat Jaimee Fourlis and Jason Kubler to win the Australian Open mixed doubles.

The French-Croatian fifth seeds claimed a 6-3 6-4 victory over the Australians.

The experienced players saved three of the five break points they faced and won 71% of points behind their first serves.

It is Mladenovic's second mixed doubles title at Melbourne Park, having won alongside Canada's Daniel Nestor in 2014, and Dodig's first.

It is also Dodig's fourth career mixed doubles trophy and Mladenovic's third.

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