Tennis - Australian Open - Men's Doubles Final - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, February 21, 2021 Slovakia's Filip Polasek and Croatia's Ivan Dodig celebrate with the trophy after winning the men's doubles final against Rajeev Ram of the U.S. and Britain's Joe Salisbury REUTERS/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek won their first Grand Slam title together on Sunday, taking down defending Australian Open men's doubles champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury 6-3 6-4 in the final.
It was the first Grand Slam triumph for Polasek, 35, who came out of retirement in 2018, while Croatia's Dodig won his second men's doubles title after winning the 2015 French Open with Marcelo Melo.
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