LONDON—Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei claimed her third Wimbledon doubles title with a third different partner as she and Elise Mertens hung on to claim victory in a marathon final against Russian duo Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina on Saturday. The Taiwanese-Belgian duo saved match points on the way to claiming a 3–6 7–5 9–7 win on Centre Court. It was the second successive Wimbledon doubles crown for Hsieh who joined forces with recently-retired Barbora Strycova to win the title in 2019. She also won the title in 2013 with Peng Shuai. This time it was Mertens, the newly-installed No.1 ranked women’s doubles player, who she teamed up with to great effect. Unseeded Kudermetova and Vesnina had two match points at 5–4 in the second set, the second one producing an incredible rally that Hsieh eventually won with a volley. As the third set went on and on, the 35-year-old Hsieh then …
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