Williams Sisters win Australian Open 2010 Women's Doubles Title

Defending champions and #2 seeded team Serena and Venus Williams of the United States beat the top-seeded team of Cara Black and Liezel Huber, 6-4 6-3, to win the Australian Open 2010 women's doubles title. The Williams sisters has now won four of the past five grand slam doubles titles and increased their haul of major wins to 11. They will be sharing the winners' cheque of AUS$450,000. The only grand slam to have escaped the Williams sisters in the past five majors is the 2009 French Open.

Serena and Venus broke once in the first set, and twice in the second set to seal the win. They have dominated the field in winning their 11th grand slam title by losing just one set during the whole tournament. The title is their fourth Australian Open having won in 2001, 2003, and 2009. They're the most successful doubles team in the Australian Open in the past 20 years.

Despite the win though, the sisters will remain co-ranked #3 behind Black and Huber. This is mostly due to their participation in very few tournaments. In the past 12 months, the sisters played just 6 tournaments against the 21 tournaments played by Black and Huber.

Serena Williams will try to win her second championship trophy in this year's Australian Open when she will battle rival Justine Henin for the women's singles title on Saturday night.