Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic lifts her trophy after winning the Wimbledon women's singles title at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, United Kingdom, July 13, 2024. /CFP
Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic defeated Italy's Jasmine Paolini to win the Wimbledon women's final on Saturday for her second Grand Slam singles title.
Krejcikova held off Paolini to win the championship match on Saturday, coming through 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 on a sunlit Centre Court.
The veteran doubles specialist had dominated the opening set with a near-perfect display, but was then rocked by a dazzling Paolini fightback, which sent the showpiece into a decider.
A nervous third set swung Krejcikova's way when she broke serve at 3-3 and went on to complete the victory on her third match point, adding the Wimbledon title to the French Open crown she captured in 2021.
It was heartache for the popular Paolini, who lost the French Open final a few weeks ago, and was bidding to become the first Italian player to win a Wimbledon singles title.
Krejcikova, who also owns 10 Grand Slam doubles titles, including two at Wimbledon, is the latest in a long line of Czechs to lift the singles trophy at Wimbledon, following Marketa Vondrousova's triumph last year.
Harri Heliovaara (L) of Finland and Henry Patten of Britain raise their trophies after winning the Wimbledon men's doubles title at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, United Kingdom, July 13, 2024. /CFP
The United Kingdom's Henry Patten and Finland's Harri Heliovaara beat Australia's Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson 6-7(7), 7-6(8), 7-6(11-9) in the men's doubles final at Wimbledon on Saturday to clinch their first Grand Slam titles.
The unseeded duo of Patten and Heliovaara started playing together only three months ago, but ousted several seeded pairs en route to the final against the Australians, who had knocked off top seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the semifinals.
Remarkably, the match had no breaks of serve as each set went into a tiebreak, and with the pressure increasing with each game, Patten and Heliovaara saved three championship points to force a decider.
After nearly three hours on court, it was Patten who stepped up in the tiebreak as the former Wimbledon statistician and his Finnish partner edged the Aussies to win the match, receiving a standing ovation from the Centre Court crowd.
Taylor Townsend (L) of the United States and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic hold their trophies after winning the Wimbledon women's doubles title at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, United Kingdom, July 13, 2024. /CFP
After seeing longtime doubles partner Barbora Krejcikova win the Wimbledon singles title, Katerina Siniakova went out on Centre Court and added another Grand Slam trophy to her own collection.
Siniakova won her third women's doubles title at Wimbledon on Saturday after teaming up with Taylor Townsend to beat Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe 7-6(5), 7-6(1) in a match that finished under floodlights after 10:20 p.m. local time.
"Amazing. I'm so proud of Barbora," Siniakova said of her Czech countrywoman. "I'm just so happy that we could do it as well."
Siniakova has won seven major doubles championships with Krejcikova, and one with Coco Gauff at this year's French Open.
This was her first title with Townsend, an American whose previous best Grand Slam results in doubles were runner-up finishes at the 2022 U.S. Open – in a loss to Siniakova and Krejcikova – and 2023 French Open.
(With input from agencies)