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Russian girls got through to doubles semifinals

Elena Vesnina (L) of Russia and Ekaterina Makarova of Russia talk tactics in their women's doubles match against Yifan Xu of China and Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada on day nine of the 2018 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 23, 2018 in Melbourne,

Elena Vesnina (L) of Russia and Ekaterina Makarova in their women's doubles match against Yifan Xu of China and Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada Source: Getty Images AsiaPac

At the Australian Open the doubles tournaments have entered the semifinal stage, and last year's Wimbledon winners Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina have beaten Canadian Gabriela Dabrovski and the Xu Ifan from China in a quarterfinal 0:6, 6:1, 7:6(2). Match lasted 2 hours 7 minutes and in spite of the fact that the first set of the Russians lost with whitewash, they have managed to show determination and pulled out a victory



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