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Errani, Vinci clinch Australian doubles crown

Top seeds Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci beat local favourites Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua Friday to win the Australian Open women's doubles title.

Italy's Roberta Vinci (left) and Sara Errani compete against Australia's Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua during their Australian Open women's doubles final in Melbourne on January 25, 2013. Errani and Vinci beat Barty and Dellacqua to win the Australian Open women's doubles title.

The world number one pairing from Italy raced through the first set in just under half-an-hour and were impeded in the second, but they broke three times in the final set to win their third major trophy 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.

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