Desirae Krawczyk 'shocked' after winning back-to-back Grand Slam mixed titles
By ANI
LONDON: The British-American team of Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk claimed the mixed doubles title by fighting off the challenge of Londoners Joe Salisbury and Harriet Dart 6-2, 7-6(1) at Center Court as the Wimbledon Championship concluded on Sunday.
The No.7 seeds dominated the opening set before playing an almost perfect second set tie-break, the final blow coming from Skupski when he connected with a winning backhand return on match point. During the match, Krawczyk and Skupski did not face a breakpoint. They won more than 81 per cent of their service points against the all-British team to emerge victorious after one hour and 21 minutes.
This victory wrapped up an incredible few weeks for the Californian 27-year-old Krawczyk, who won the Roland-Garros mixed title with Salisbury and is now a Wimbledon champion alongside Skupski.
“I just can’t believe it, I’m just shocked,” was Krawczyk’s assessment as she held back the tears, as per Wimbledon.com. “I never imagined I would win back-to-back Grand Slam mixed titles. It’s just incredible.”
For Neal Skupski, it was the day of redemption as he and his older brother Ken Skupski lost a heartbreaker in the second round at Wimbledon against eventual finalists Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos.
