Melbourne – Crowd favourites Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis have produced the first Australian doubles final since 1980 at the Australian Open for professional tennis.
Kyrgios and Kokkinakis continued their surprising run of success in Melbourne with a 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 win over Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos of Spain and Argentina. The two wild-card holders, who drew crowds with their wild and entertaining style, will face Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell in Saturday’s final.
Ebden and Purcell defeated second seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury of the USA and Great Britain 6-3, 7-6 (11-9) in their semi-final. In 1980, Kim Warwick and Mark Edmondson had won against Peter McNamara and Paul McNamee