GB’s Salisbury into Wimbledon mixed doubles final

Joe Salisbury and Luisa Stefani of Brazil won a close semi-final to advance to the mixed doubles final at Wimbledon.

The duo defeated Salvadoran Marcelo Arevalo and Chinese second seed Zhang Shuai 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-4).

On Thursday, Salisbury and Stefani will square off against Czech Katerina Siniakova and Dutch Sem Verbeek for the title.

Salisbury and Stefani were the ones who kept their nerve during the tense tie-breaks in a high-quality encounter where both pairs rarely made mistakes.