{"id":363414,"date":"2024-01-28T05:57:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T06:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=363414"},"modified":"2024-01-28T10:03:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T10:03:21","slug":"champions-awkward-trophy-gaffe-after-winning-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=363414","title":{"rendered":"Champions' awkward trophy gaffe after winning final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens will jump Australian star Storm Hunter<\/a> in the women's doubles rankings come Monday, after the pair defeated J\ufeffelena Ostapenko and Lyudmyla Kichenok in their Australian Open<\/a> final on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Hunter is the current ranked world No.1\ufeff women's doubles player, but after the pair's scintillating 6-1, 7-5 straight sets win, they'll claim the top two spots when the fresh rankings are released.<\/p>\n

But even the new world No.1 and No.2 aren't immune from errors.<\/p>\n

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After making their acceptance speeches immediately following the final, the pair walked away without their trophy.<\/p>\n

Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley was caught laughing, as the presenter informed the women that they had forgotten their new silverware.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"MELBOURNE,<\/p>\n

"There's something here that's yours," the presenter said to the pair.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Before their hilarious stuff up, Mertens acknowledged the power of opponents Ostapenko and Kichenok, who almost clawed their way back into the final in a tense second set.<\/p>\n

"It was a really tough final, second set was really close. We really had to stay focused\ufeff," Mertens said on Nine during the presentation.<\/p>\n

Meantime, runner up Ostapenko \ufeffthanked the Melbourne crowd for their support.<\/p>\n

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\"Tennis<\/p>\n

"The atmosphere was really nice, thanks for that," Ostapenko said.<\/p>\n

"It's just the beginning of the year and hopefully there will be many more finals\ufeff."<\/p>\n

Aussie star Hunter's doubles campaign came to a brutal end with a chilly handshake at the net after being defeated by former partner Mertens.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"No.2<\/p>\n

The former pair shared a less-than-cordial greeting at the net following their Australian Open women's doubles semi-final.<\/p>\n

The pair were doubles partners for several years, winning two titles in 2023 and making it to the Wimbledon<\/a> final, on their way to claiming the No.1 doubles rankings.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Now, Merten will overtake Hunter after her win with new partner Su-Wei Hsieh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens will jump Australian star Storm Hunter in the women's doubles rankings come Monday, after the pair defeated J\ufeffelena Ostapenko and […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":363416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=363414"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363420,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363414\/revisions\/363420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/363416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=363414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=363414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=363414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}