Mladenovic and Guo claim Wimbledon women's doubles title for first major together

China's Guo Hanyu and France's Kristina Mladenovic celebrate with the trophies after winning the women's doubles final at Wimbledon
China's Guo Hanyu and France's Kristina Mladenovic celebrate with the trophies after winning the women's doubles final at WimbledonReuters / Andrew Couldridge

Chinese and French pair Guo ⁠Hanyu and Kristina Mladenovic outwitted second seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and ‌Luisa Stefani 6-3, 7-5 to win ‌the Wimbledon women's doubles title ‌on Sunday for their first ‌major triumph together.

10th seeds Guo and ‌Mladenovic were quick to read Dabrowski's early lobs and raced to ‌a 5-0 lead. The Canadian-Brazilian ⁠pairing ‌of Dabrowski and Stefani fought back to ​win the next three games, but it was ​not enough to save the set.

The second seeds looked much more ⁠in their ​element as they pushed for a break in the second set, but their opponents saved two ‌break points as Mladenovic's strong forehands across the court helped them stay even at 5-5.

Guo's backhand returns from the net set up a break point in the 11th game, which the Chinese 28-year-old, playing in her ‌first major final, won with ​a cross-court backhand at a tight ‌angle.

Serving for the championship, a clinical Mladenovic secured victory with a forehand that her opponents could only lash back ⁠into the ⁠net.