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Townsend, Siniakova win women’s doubles title at Wimbledon
LONDON (AP) — Following her longtime doubles partner Barbora Krejcikova’s victory over the Wimbledon singles title, Katerina Siniakova took to Centre Court and added one other Grand Slam trophy to her collection.
Siniakova won her third women’s doubles title at Wimbledon, beating Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1) with Taylor Townsend on Saturday in a match that ended after 10:20 p.m. local time under floodlights.
“Amazing. I’m so proud of Barbora,” Siniakova said of her Czech compatriot. “I’m just so happy that we could do it too.”
Siniakova has won seven major doubles titles with Krejcikova and one with Coco Gauff at this yr’s French Open. It was her first with Townsend, an American whose previous best Grand Slam doubles results were two second-place finishes at the 2022 U.S. Open — losing to Siniakova and Krejcikova — and the 2023 French Open.
Townsend said it was Siniakova’s idea for the 2 to play together at Wimbledon.
“I’m so happy Katerina made it into my DMs,” Townsend said.
A little bit over six hours after Krejcikova defeated Jasmine Paolini within the women’s singles final, fourth-seeded Siniakova and Townsend converted their first match point when Routliffe double-faulted.
Siniakova and Townsend did not convert any of the seven break points within the second set, but won the tie-break 5-0.
It was the third match of the day on Centre Court, following the lads’s doubles final.
Siniakova and Krejcikova won the Wimbledon doubles title in 2022 and 2018.