LONDON — American Taylor Townsend captured her first Grand Slam title as she and Czech companion Katerina Siniakova beat Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe within the Wimbledon ladies’s doubles ultimate on Saturday.
With the remainder of the All England Membership in darkness on the finish of an extended day, Townsend and Siniakova shone below the illuminated Centre Court docket roof to win 7-6(5) 7-6(1) in what was solely their tenth match taking part in collectively.
Townsend had misplaced within the US Open doubles ultimate in 2022 and final yr’s French Open doubles ultimate, however made it third time fortunate alongside Siniakova, who now has 9 doubles Slams.
The 28-year-old Chicago-born Townsend, who turned a mom in 2021, was overcome with emotion after a double-fault from their opponents ended a decent contest.
“I simply need to say I am so glad that I may group up with Katerina,” Townsend mentioned on court docket.
“I keep in mind in my first Grand Slam ultimate (the 2022 U.S. Open) she kicked my butt so it was nice to be on the identical aspect of the online this time. It has been a tremendous couple of weeks and it means loads to get throughout the ending line.”
Routliffe, who alongside Dabrowski, gained the U.S. Open doubles title final yr, will take some comfort in reaching the primary spot within the ladies’s doubles rankings.
“This was my first Wimbledon ultimate however hopefully not my final,” Routliffe mentioned on court docket. “There’s something about Wimbledon that makes each match a lot extra emotional.”
Siniakova gained her first two Wimbledon doubles crowns with Barbora Krejcikova who earlier on Centre Court docket beat Jasmine Paolini to say the singles title.
“I am so pleased with Barbora and I am so pleased that we may do it as properly,” the 28-year-old mentioned.
