Wimbledon: Hsieh and Strycova win women’s doubles title
WIMBLEDON, England –
Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan and Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic won their second Wimbledon doubles title as a pair by beating Elise Mertens of Belgium and Storm Hunter of Australia 7-5, 6-4 on Center Court on Sunday.
Hsieh converted their second match point with a backhand as the 2019 champions broke in the final game of the second set.
Strycova retired this year after giving birth to a son and said she expected this to be her last Wimbledon.
“I couldn’t wish for a better finish,” said Strycova. “Last year I texted Su-Wei, ‘Let’s try to play Wimbledon 2023, just to come back and feel the vibe. There’s no more COVID.’ She was like, “Yeah, let’s do that. Let’s just have fun.” Here we are with the trophy. It’s crazy.”
Hsieh has now won the women’s doubles title the last three times she played at the grass Grand Slam tournament. She also teamed up with Mertens to lift the trophy in 2021. The 2020 edition was canceled due to the pandemic and she was injured in 2022.
It is also a second consecutive Grand Slam title for Hsieh, who won the French Open doubles tournament in June with Wang Xinyu of China.
Hsieh and Strycova are both 37, making them the oldest women’s doubles pair by combined age to even reach a Grand Slam final, breaking a record held by Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond, who were 35 and 38 respectively when they won the US Open won in 2021.
Mertens was looking for her fourth Grand Slam title overall, while Storm was looking to win her first.
