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Fognini, Bolelli take men’s doubles title

Source: AP | February 1, 2015, Sunday |

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FABIO Fognini and Simone Bolelli became the first all-Italian team to capture a Grand Slam men’s doubles title in more than 50 years after beating French pair Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4, 6-4 in the Australian Open final yesterday.

The last Italians to win a men’s doubles title at a major were Nicola Pietrangeli and Orlando Sirola at the 1959 French Open.

Fognini and Bolelli had reached the semifinals at the 2011 US Open and 2013 Australian Open.

Mahut and Herbert were playing in just their third event as a pair and had never won a match together before the Australian Open.

They were attempting to become just the sixth French team to win a Grand Slam doubles title.

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Fognini, Bolelli take men’s doubles title

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