Hsieh, Peng win women's doubles at Wimbledon
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Su-Wei Hsieh (L) and Shuai Peng celebrate with their trophies after winning the women's doubles final for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 06 July 2013. |
Eighth seeds Su-Wei Hsieh and Peng Shuai won the 2013 Wimbledon women's doubles title with a 7-6 (7-1), 6-1 victory over No.12 seeds Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua.
Hsieh became the first player from Taiwan to win a Grand Slam title, while Peng gave China its first doubles title at a major in seven years.
Barty and Dellacqua, in just their fourth WTA tournament together, were bidding to become the first all-Australian duo in 35 years to win the women's doubles at the All England Club.
The Australians started brightly on Centre Court and had a set point on serve up 5-4.
However Hsieh and Peng fought back to claim the first set in a tiebreaker.
From there the match belonged to the Asian duo. They carried the momentum into the second set and raced to a first grand slam doubles title.
"It's very special because I don't think tennis is popular in Taiwan," Hsieh said. "We didn't see many media during this tournament. We're very proud we can win this tournament together with my good friend. It's our first title, for Taiwan, so I think it's big thing in Taiwan."
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