Britain’s Neal Skupski and American companion Desirae Krawczyk narrowly missed out on the Australian Open blended doubles title as they misplaced the ultimate to Hsieh Su-wei and Jan Zielinski.
Skupski and Krawczyk missed a match level as they misplaced 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 11-9 to the Taiwanese-Polish duo.
They’d led 4-2 within the second set earlier than shedding 4 straight video games.
Skupski and Krawczyk had been bidding for a 3rd main collectively, having twice gained at Wimbledon.
The victory at Melbourne Park secured Hsieh her first blended doubles Grand Slam title, with the 38-year-old additionally having secured her spot in Sunday’s ladies’s doubles ultimate alongside Elise Mertens.
“We did not have anybody to play blended doubles with. We discovered one another on the wanting listing and it is labored out fairly properly,” Zielinski mentioned.
“Perhaps we will hold it going.”