The final decision was made at the 2022 Grand Slam Wimbledon. In the women’s doubles tournament, Czech Barbora Krejsikova and Katerina Siniakova won the victory and were better than Belgium’s Elise Mertens and China’s Shuai Zhang.
Łukasz Iwanek
PAP / EPA / KIERAN GALVIN / Pictured: Barbora Krejsikova and Katerina Siniakova, the 2022 Wimbledon champions in the doubles
The final of Wimbledon 2022 was held on Sunday, after the men’s singles match, the women’s doubles title match was held on the center court. The competition was very exciting, because there was a clash between the highest ranked couple. However, there was no exciting scene. The title fell to Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, who defeated Elise Mertens and Shuai Zhang 6:2, 6:4.
In the second game, the Belgian and the Chinese lost five consecutive points by 40-0. Then Krijsikova and Sinyakova saved the break point and were 3-0 ahead. In the end, the Czech team achieved another feat and achieved the result of the first group at 6: 2.
The other side was more equal. Mertens and Chang even scored a break at 4:3. The ending, however, definitely belongs to Krejcikova and Siniakova. The Czech scored 12 points from the last 13 and scored a victory. The encounter ended when the Chinese woman put a forehand into the net.
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The match lasted 67 minutes. Kryzhikova and Sinyakova got 25 out of 28 points with a first pass. They were broken once and used four of the five break points themselves.
Mertens and Chang played their second tournament together just this year. In Birmingham they reached the final and lost the match against Lyudmila Kizinok and Jelena Ostapenko. Belgium and China suffered their first defeat in the Grand Slam final on Sunday. Mertens is the winner of the 2019 US Open, 2021 Australian Open (with Arina Sabalenka) and Wimbledon 2021 (with Su Wei Hsieh). Chang won her greatest titles with Samantha Stosur in Melbourne (2019) and New York (2021).
Krejcikova and Siniakova lost one set throughout the tournament. In the quarter-finals they reborn from the state 1:6, 2:4 and defeated 1:6, 7:6 (2), 6:2 American Nicole Melishar Martinez and Australian Ellen Perez. The Czechs won their fifth joint title at the Grand Slam, and the second at Wimbledon (2018). They have two wins at Roland Garros (2018, 2021) and one at the Australian Open (2022).
For the first time since 2015, the highest ranked duo met in a Wimbledon final. Seven years ago there was an amazing sight. She defeated Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza (No. 1) 5:7, 7:6 (4), 7:5 Jekaterina Makarua and Jelena Wisnina (No. 2).
Wimbledon, London (UK)
Grand Slam grass field total prize money 40.35 million pounds
Sunday 10 July
My final ladies’ husband:
Barbora Krejsikova (Czech 2) / Katarna Sinyakova (Czech 2) – Elise Mertens (Belgium 1) / Shuai Zhang (China 1) 6-2 6-4
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