Wimbledon: Czech pair Krejcikova, Siniakova win 2nd women's doubles title

The Czech duo of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova on Sunday crowned Wimbledon women's doubles champion for the second time after beating top-seeded Elise Mertens and Zhang Shuai

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2 min read Last Updated : Jul 11 2022 | 9:02 AM IST

The Czech duo of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova on Sunday crowned Wimbledon women's doubles champion for the second time after beating top-seeded Elise Mertens and Zhang Shuai.

The Czech pair beat No.1 seeds Mertens and Zhang 6-2, 6-4 for a fifth Grand Slam doubles championship.

The win is also the pair's fifth all-time Grand Slam doubles title and second this year. They also won this year's Australian Open title, beating Anna Danilina and Beatriz Haddad Maia in the final. They previously were champions at the All-England Club in 2018.

The pair are in no doubt that SW19 brings out their best. "I hope it's not just at Wimbledon," WTA.com quoted Siniakova as saying.

"Playing [a] Wimbledon final, I think it doesn't really matter what category you play, you always get goosebumps when you enter the court," Krejcikova said in a post-match press conference.

"I think for us, we really like to play on a big court, so I think we really enjoyed the atmosphere. From the very first point we really, really wanted to win. I'm really proud of us, that we managed to do that and that we get another trophy," she added.

Krejcikova and Siniakova lost just one set in winning the title: In the quarterfinals, they rallied after being blitzed by No. 10 seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez to win, 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-2. The theme of the fortnight continued in a complete performance against Mertens and Zhang in 66 minutes.

"We're just trying to show our best every time we step on the court. As Barbora said, we are really, really happy that we could play on the Centre Court and that we could win it," Siniakova said.

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First Published: Jul 11 2022 | 9:01 AM IST

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