Strycova & Hsieh win women's doubles title

  • Posted: Jul 14, 2019

Czech Barbora Strycova and Chinese Taipei’s Hsieh Su-wei defeated Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and China’s Yifan Xu in straight sets to win the Wimbledon women’s doubles title on Centre Court.

Third seeds Strycova, a singles semi-finalist, and partner Hsieh triumphed 6-2 6-4 in one hour and six minutes.

Following a first Grand Slam title for the pair, Strycova, 33, moves to number one in the women’s doubles rankings.

Earlier, Ivan Dodig and Latisha Chan claimed the mixed doubles title.

Croat Dodig, 34, and Taiwanese Chan, 29, prevailed 6-2 6-3 against Sweden’s Robert Lindstedt and Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko in one hour and 10 minutes.

Crowned French Open champions in June, the eighth seeds dominated the first set and secured the decisive break in the eighth game of the second set.

  • Djokovic beats Federer in thrilling five-set men’s final
  • Fernandez wins men’s wheelchair singles final
  • Cabal and Farah win men’s doubles
  • Halep on winning Wimbledon

Source link