Taylor Townsend is a Wimbledon champion!!!
— Tick Tock Tennis (@TickTockTennis) July 13, 2024
And a NINTH grand slam title for Katerina Siniakova! pic.twitter.com/JqvnUbrbQ2
For years now, we've become accustomed to saying that Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova have just won another major. It's true today, too, but not in the way that it used to be. Krejcikova, of course, won the Wimbledon singles title today, and Siniakova--playing with Taylor Townsend--won the doubles title. They defeated 2023 U.S. Open champions and 2nd seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe 7-6, 7-6 in the final.
Siniakova and Townsend, seeded 4th, had already upset the top seeds, Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens, in the semifinals. This is Siniakova's ninth major women's doubles title--she won seven of them with Krejcikova--and she also won a gold medal (with Krejcikova) at the 2021 Olympics. This is Townsend's first major title of any kind.
Also today, Diede de Groot won her 15th consecutive singles title when she defeated Aniek Van Koot 6-4, 6-4. Diede the Great and her partner, Jiske Griffioen, seeded 2nd, will contest for the doubles title tomorrow they play top seeds Yui Kamiji and Kgothatso Montjane. de Groot holds 23 major singles titles and 19 major doubles titles, as well as multiple Masters titles and two Olympic gold medals.
Diede de Great 🙌#Wimbledon | @DiedetheGreat pic.twitter.com/asCjMBE8BB
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 13, 2024
No comments:
Post a Comment