Melbourne Jan 29 (BUS): Nick Kyrgios and Thanasy Kokinakis are in for a wild card and are called the Special Ks on their wild ride to the men’s doubles title at the Australian Open.
With a 7-5, 6-4 win over Matt Ebden and Max Purcell on Saturday, Old Friends became the first domestically grown duo to win the men’s doubles title here since Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodford, aka Woody’s, in 1997.
This was their fourth Grand Slam event as a single team only. The pair, who won the Wimbledon boys’ doubles title nearly nine years ago, did not face a breaking point in a dominant performance in the final that began at Rod Laver Arena after Ash Party’s women’s singles title.
It capped a decent day for the Australians, as the so-called Special Ks became the first all-Australian team to win the men’s doubles title at a Grand Slam since Woodford and Woodbridge won together at Wimbledon in 2000.
Kyrgios and Kokinakis only received two sets in six straight matches to win the title that included wins over the No. 1 and No. 3 seed teams, according to the Associated Press.
It was the first men’s doubles final from Australia at the Australian Open since 1980, when Mark Edmondson and Kim Warwick defeated Peter McNamara and Paul McNamee.
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