Last updated: 22/01/2015

Heather Watson wins doubles opener at Australian Open

Heather Watson got back to winning ways at the Australian Open after making her way through to the second round of the women’s doubles.

Watson experienced dizziness and a lack of energy in her singles defeat to Tsvetana Pironkova but returned to the court with doubles partner Alexandra Panova.

The duo lost the first set 6-2 to Shahar Peer and Annika Beck but won the match when Israeli, Peer, retired through injury with the score 2-6, 7-5, 3-1.

It has been a successful tournament for Panova who won three matches to qualify for the main draw singles and then had two match points to knock Maria Sharapova out in Round 2 before losing in three-sets.

Next up for Watson and her Russian partner are 12th seeds Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Alla Kudryavtseva.

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