Unseeded pair Samantha Stosur and Shuai Zhang clinched the Australian Open women's doubles title yesterday to be crowned Grand Slam champions at Melbourne Park for the first time.

The Australian-Chinese combination battled past Hungarian-French Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic - last year's champions - 6-3, 6-4 on Rod Laver Arena. "Today, it is a dream true for me," said Zhang, who won her first Grand Slam doubles title. Stosur added: "Shuai, it is always a pleasure being on court with you, we have a great friendship."