Mladenovic and Babos crowned women's doubles champions at Australian Open

Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic won their second Australian Open women's doubles crown in three years on Friday, beating top seeds Hsieh Su-Wei and Barbora Strycova 6-2, 6-1.

Babos and Mladenovic made only four unforced errors in a dominant display.

With the temperature soaring to 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius), the mixed doubles semifinals and women’s doubles final were played under a closed roof on the main court at Melbourne Park.

A brief rain shower helped lower the temperature to about 100 degrees (40 Celsius) during the late afternoon.

Great Britain's Jamie Murray moved a step closer to an eighth Grand Slam doubles title as he and Bethanie Mattek-Sands reached the Australian Open final.

Murray and American Mattek-Sands saw off Australian wild cards Astra Sharma and John-Patrick Smith 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).

They will face fifth seeds Barbora Krejcikova from the Czech Republic and Croatia's Nikola Mektic on Saturday.