Williams, Bryans in Open doubles finals

The Williams sisters are looking to defend their Australian Open title and take their fourth Australian doubles title overall. They have 10 Grand Slam doubles championships, including three wins in the last four major events.

Serena and Venus Williams, who are seeded second, defeated No. 6-seeded Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) in the semifinals in Melbourne.

Their finals opponents Friday will be top-seeded Cara Black and Liezel Huber, who got past 15th-seeded Maria Kirilenko and Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.

The Bryans, the defending men's doubles champions and seeded No. 1 this year, swept by Michael Kohlmann and Jarkko Nieminen 6-1, 6-4 in their semifinal and are on the verge of winning a fourth title at the Australian Open. The other finals team is second-seeded Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic, who defeated Ivo Karlovic and Dusan Vemic 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday.
The champion doubles teams will win $400,000.

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