Hsieh Su-wei wins third Wimbledon doubles title, this time with Elise Mertens | Tennis News – Times of India
The Taiwanese-Belgian duo saved match points on the way to claiming a 3-6 7-5 9-7 win on Centre Court.
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It was the second successive Wimbledon doubles crown for Hsieh who joined forces with recently-retired Barbora Strycova to win the title in 2019.
She also won the title in 2013 with Peng Shuai.
This time it was Mertens, the newly-installed No.1 ranked women’s doubles player, who she teamed up with to great effect.
Unseeded Kudermetova and Vesnina had two match points at 5-4 in the second set, the second one producing an incredible rally that Hsieh eventually won with a volley.
As the third set went on and on, the 35-year-old Hsieh then finished off a gripping contest with a backhand winner.
“That felt like seven hours,” Mertens said of the two-and-a-half hour battle on a packed Centre Court.
“There were nerves but we managed it well in the end. “We are very happy that we could close it out.”
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