Babos, Mladenovic win WTA Finals

FE Team | Published: October 28, 2018 21:26:57

Timea Babos of Hungary (L) and her teammate Kristina Mladenovic of France hold up their winning trophy after defeating Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova during the women doubles final match at the WTA Finals tennis tournament in Singapore on Sunday — AFP

SINGAPORE, Oct 28 (AFP): Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic played a masterclass to upset world number one Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova in the WTA Finals doubles decider on Sunday.
The world number three held the edge throughout to triumph 6-4, 7-5 in one hour and 24 minutes at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Babos defended her crown, having won last year's WTA Finals with Andrea Hlavackova.
Babos and Mladenovic qualified for the decider after a pulsating semi-final, defeating Ashleigh Barty and Coco Vendeweghe 10-8 in the super tiebreak set.