Hsieh, Strycova win 2nd Wimbledon doubles title

LONDON — Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan and Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic gained their second Wimbledon doubles title as a pairing by beating Elise Mertens of Belgium and Storm Hunter of Australia 7-5, 6-4 Sunday on Centre Courtroom.

Hsieh transformed their second match level with a backhand because the 2019 champions broke within the remaining recreation of the second set.

Strycova got here out of retirement this yr after giving beginning to a son, and mentioned she expects this to be her final Wimbledon.

“I could not ask for a greater end,” Strycova mentioned. “Final yr I texted Su-Wei, ‘Let’s attempt to play Wimbledon 2023 simply to return again and really feel the environment. There isn’t a COVID anymore.’ She was like, ‘Yeah, let’s do this. Let’s simply have enjoyable.’ Right here we’re with the trophy. It is loopy.”

Hsieh has now gained the ladies’s doubles title the previous 3 times she performed on the grass-court Grand Slam event — she additionally teamed up with Mertens to elevate the trophy in 2021. The 2020 version was canceled due to the pandemic, and he or she was injured in 2022.

It is also a second straight Grand Slam title for Hsieh, who teamed up with Wang Xinyu of China to win the French Open doubles event in June.

Hsieh and Strycova are each 37, making them the oldest ladies’s doubles pair by mixed age to even attain a Grand Slam remaining, breaking a mark set by Liesel Huber and Lisa Raymondwho had been 35 and 38, respectively, once they gained the US Open in 2021.

Mertens was in search of her fourth Grand Slam title total, whereas Hunter was attempting to win her first.