Britain have a new Wimbledon champion after Neal Skupski triumphs in men’s doubles final
Britain have a first men's doubles Wimbledon champion in 11 years after Neal Skupski and Dutch partner Wesley Koolhof triumphed on Centre Court.
The pair - ranked number one in the world - overcame Spain's Marcel Granollers and Argentina's Horacio Zeballos in straight sets.
This year saw the doubles reduced from a best-of-five set format to a best-of-three, with Skupski and Koolhof winning 6-4, 6-4.
And it was Liverpool native Skupski who served out the match, with the 33-year-old crashing to the grass in jubilation.
It is the third time that Skupski has now won a Grand Slam at the All England Club.
His two previous victories came in the mixed doubles with partner Desirae Krawczyk.
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Incredibly, by becoming a mixed doubles and men's double champion, Skupski is the first Brit to have achieved the feat since 1926.
It's been nearly 100 years since Leslie Godfree won the men's doubles in 1923 Randolph Lycett, before winning in the mixed three years later with future wife Kitty.
And Skupski is also the first Briton since Jonathan Marray in 2012 to have triumphed in the men's doubles at SW19.
Speaking of his victory with Koolhof, Skupski said: "I don’t know what to say.
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"I grew up watching this amazing Championships on TV, starting off a young boy at Palmerston Tennis Club in Liverpool with my dad and then growing up with my brother, who has been very influential in my career growing up.
"This feeling at the moment doesn’t get any better.
"Me and Wesley came together 18 months ago and this year it was one of our goals to win a Grand Slam.
"Now that we’ve done it, it feels very special."
Elsewhere, Britain’s Alfie Hewitt and Gordon Reid have won the Wimbledon wheelchair men’s doubles for a fifth time.
It’s the 18th Grand Slam doubles for the pair, with the duo made to come back from a set down to beat Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda of Japan in three sets.
Alfie Hewett made the singles final last year and is looking to complete a career slam when he takes on 17-year-old Oda in the singles final on Sunday.