Wimbledon: Colombia's Cabal, Farah claim marathon doubles title, Ukraine's Snigur win girls' singles title
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Colombia's Juan-Sebastian Cabal (L) and Robert Farah win the Wimbledon men's doubles final in London, UK, July 13, 2019. /VCG Photo

Colombia's Juan-Sebastian Cabal (L) and Robert Farah win the Wimbledon men's doubles final in London, UK, July 13, 2019. /VCG Photo

Colombia's Juan-Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah won their first Grand Slam men's doubles title on Saturday with an almost five-hour triumph at Wimbledon.

The second seeds became the first pair from their country to celebrate a major title thanks to their 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (8/6), 6-7 (5/7), 6-3 win over 11th-seeded French pair Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

Cabal and Farah will also become the world number one team for the first time after their four-hour-56-minute victory.

The match went on so long that the women’s doubles final that was supposed to follow in the tournament's main stadium was postponed until Sunday.

Mahut was visited by a doctor after getting hit in the face by a ball in the early going. He also went down in the fifth set after taking a ball to the body.

Mahut was no stranger to extended matches: He played in the longest match in tennis history – an 11-hour, five-minute loss to John Isner in Wimbledon's first round of singles in 2010 that stretched over three days and finished 70-68 in the fifth set.

Ukraine's Daria Snigur (L) and Alexa Noel of the U.S. pose with their trophies after the Wimbledon junior girls' singles final in London, UK, July 13, 2019. /VCG Photo

Ukraine's Daria Snigur (L) and Alexa Noel of the U.S. pose with their trophies after the Wimbledon junior girls' singles final in London, UK, July 13, 2019. /VCG Photo

Daria Snigur of Ukraine won the junior girls' title at Wimbledon, beating Alexa Noel of the U.S. 6-4, 6-4.

The match was played on No. 1 Court, the second biggest stadium at the All England Club.

The Wimbledon win was Snigur's first major title and she was even unseeded before the match.

Netherland's Aniek van Koot holds her trophy after beating compatriot Diede de Groot during their Wimbledon women's wheelchair singles final in London, UK, July 13, 2019. /VCG Photo

Netherland's Aniek van Koot holds her trophy after beating compatriot Diede de Groot during their Wimbledon women's wheelchair singles final in London, UK, July 13, 2019. /VCG Photo

In the women's wheelchair singles final, Aniek van Koot won her third major title by beating Diede de Groot 6-4, 4-6, 7-5. Both players are from the Netherlands.

Van Koot won her previous two Grand Slam titles in 2013, first at the Australian Open and then at the U.S. Open.

Also, Joachim Gerard of Belgium and Stefan Olsson of Sweden won the men's wheelchair doubles title by beating Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid of Britain 6-4, 6-2.

Australia's Dylan Alcott (R) shakes hands with opponent Andy Lapthorne of Britain after their Wimbledon men's singles quad wheelchair final in London, UK, July 13, 2019. /VCG Photo

Australia's Dylan Alcott (R) shakes hands with opponent Andy Lapthorne of Britain after their Wimbledon men's singles quad wheelchair final in London, UK, July 13, 2019. /VCG Photo

Top-seeded Dylan Alcott of Australia won the first quad wheelchair singles title at Wimbledon, a day after winning the doubles title.

Alcott beat doubles partner Andy Lapthorne of Britain 6-0, 6-2 in the first official singles final for the event at the All England Club.

Alcott and Lapthorne won the doubles title on Friday, beating Koji Sugeno of Japan and David Wagner of the U.S. 6-2, 7-6 (4).

Alcott became a paraplegic after a tumor was removed from his spine soon after birth, according to the Wimbledon website.

Wheelchair tennis made its debut at Wimbledon in 2016.

There are three categories in wheelchair tennis: men, women and quads and each has singles and doubles events. 

Players in the quads section have a variety of physical disabilities, including substantial loss of function in at least one upper limb besides quadriplegia.

Source(s): AFP ,AP