By Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with Reuters, MELBOURNETaiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Czech partner Barbora Strycova yesterday fell to a comprehensive defeat in the Australian Open women’s doubles final, but there was a silver lining for the Taiwanese as she is to regain the world No. The top seeds fell to a 6-2, 6-1 defeat to second seeds Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic at Rod Laver Arena in 1 hour, 12 minutes. Strycova, who has said this is likely be her final year on tour, recalled her almost two decades playing at Melbourne Park. 7 when I was playing junior finals and here I am still,” Strycova told the tournament Web site. MEN’S SINGLESIn a new-generation battle, Dominic Thiem yesterday beat Alex Zverev 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/4) to reach his first Australian Open final and set up the ultimate test against Melbourne Park maestro Novak Djokovic.
