{"id":2310,"date":"2011-06-03T14:17:32","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T06:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=2310"},"modified":"2011-06-03T14:17:32","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T06:17:32","slug":"i-cant-believe-i-just-won-a-grand-slam-title-casey-dellacqua-after-winning-the-french-open-mixed-doubles-title-with-partner-scott-lipsky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2011\/06\/03\/i-cant-believe-i-just-won-a-grand-slam-title-casey-dellacqua-after-winning-the-french-open-mixed-doubles-title-with-partner-scott-lipsky","title":{"rendered":"“I can’t believe I just won a Grand Slam Title!” Casey Dellacqua after winning the French Open Mixed Doubles Title with partner Scott Lipsky"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Australia\u2019s Casey Dellacqua and Scott Lipsky of the United States defeated defending champions Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia and Serbia\u2019s Nenad Zimonjic to win the French Open mixed doubles title on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Their 7-6(6) 4-6 [10-7] win prevented the top seeds from claiming a third title in Paris having also triumphed in 2006.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never thought I would win a Grand Slam title,\u201d said 26-year-old Dellacqua. The West Australian made it to the final of the French Open doubles in 2008 with Francesca Schiavone, but fell at the final hurdle.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just been a really good couple of weeks I think for both of us. To finish it off with a Grand Slam title is \u2013 I mean, I\u2019ve made a final before, but to win and get one under the belt, it\u2019s pretty exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

After their success on clay, the pair are now weighing up whether or not to try their luck on the grass together at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t discussed it, but I\u2019m sure if Scott thinks I\u2019m good enough, yeah, maybe we\u2019ll be able to play,\u201d said Dellacqua, to which Lipsky added: Yeah, I hope so. I can\u2019t really argue with the week we had here. Hopefully we can keep doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pair told reporters after the final that the key to their success was their aggressive play.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think with the format, you know, short deuces, and obviously a super\u00a0tiebreak for third set, it really does change the dynamics of how you kind of play. You\u2019ve got to be aggressive on the big points,\u201d said Dellacqua.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe stepped up when it mattered. We were always gonna walk off the court knowing we went for it. We went for it, and we\u2019ve got a Grand Slam title.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Dellacqua, the solid hit-out she\u2019s had in both doubles and mixed doubles in Paris has given her confidence a boost as she continues her long climb back to the top 100. Currently ranked No.317 in the world, she still has a way to go to get back to her career-high ranking of 39.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last two years have been not so good. I\u2019ve had a fair bit of time out of the game. To be honest, three months ago I was playing Challengers, [for] $25,000 [prize money] in Australia, just playing doubles thinking I wasn\u2019t even going to be playing at the French Open.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I\u2019ve exceeded anything that I thought I would achieve right at this point. Yeah, it\u2019s all steam ahead for me. Hopefully playing these big matches like this, playing big points helps my singles, because that is a big focus.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Australia\u2019s Casey Dellacqua and Scott Lipsky of the United States defeated defending champions Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia and Serbia\u2019s Nenad Zimonjic to win the French Open mixed doubles title on Thursday. Their 7-6(6) 4-6 [10-7] win prevented the top seeds from claiming a third title in Paris having also triumphed in 2006. \u201cI never thought […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5894,"featured_media":2327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}