Italians, Russians reach women's Aussie doubles final

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01/25/2012 - Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Friday's women's doubles final at the Australian Open will pit an 11th-seeded Italian tandem of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci against a strong unseeded Russia duo of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva.

Errani and Vinci upended a seventh-seeded Czech pairing of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 5-7, 7-5, 6-1, while Kuznetsova and Zvonareva ousted sixth seeds Sania Mirza of India and fellow Russian Elena Vesnina 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-4. Hlavackova and Hradecka are the reigning French Open champs, having beaten Mirza and Vesnina in last year's finale in Paris.

The two-time Grand Slam singles champion Kuznetsova was an Aussie Open doubles champion in 2005 and runner-up in 2004. The former Wimbledon and U.S. Open singles runner-up Zvonareva is a former U.S. Open doubles champ.

Errani was a singles quarterfinal loser in Melbourne on Wednesday.

Friday's winners will split $475,000.

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