Wimbledon 2025
Dates: 30 June-13 July Venue: All England Club
Britain’s Joe Salisbury missed out on a maiden Wimbledon title as he and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani lost to Sem Verbeek and Katerina Siniakova in the mixed doubles final.
Salisbury and Stefani, competing at their second tournament as a partnership, suffered a 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-3) defeat by Dutchman Verbeek and Czech Siniakova on a blustery Centre Court.
Wimbledon remains the only title missing from Salisbury’s illustrious doubles career.
After a tight opening set where the duos could not be separated, Verbeek and Siniakova rapidly took a 5-1 lead in the tie-break.
Two brilliant rallies offered Salisbury and Stefani a glimmer of hope but the damage had already been done, and Stefani’s volley dropped long to hand Verbeek and Siniakova the opener.
A break of serve apiece in the second set teed up another tie-break, and Siniakova showed why she is a 10-time major doubles champion with clever net play and confident volleys.
The 29-year-old’s overhead smash sealed victory for the pair and Verbeek picked up his partner and hugged her before leading the crowd in singing ‘happy birthday’ to his father.
It is a maiden major title for Verbeek and a first Grand Slam mixed doubles triumph for Siniakova.
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Source: BBC
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