Home heroes Gadecki and Peers go back-to-back with Australian Open mixed doubles title

Wildcards beat Mladenovic and Guinard of France 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 Australians become first pair to defend title since 1989Local duo Olivia Gadecki and John Peers surged back to defeat French pair Kristina Mladenovic and Manuel Guinard in the Australian Open mixed doubles final, taking Fridays early afternoon clash via a match tiebreak 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 in 93 minutes.The Australians - who defended their title - became the first team to retain the mixed doubles trophy at Melbourne Park since Jana Novotn...