Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool have made Wimbledon history after becoming the first all-British pair since 1936 to win the men’s doubles.
Cash and Glasspool conjured up a brilliant 6-2 7-6 victory over Rinky Hijikata and David Pel in Saturday’s final to end Great Britain’s 89-year wait.
The duo’s triumph at the All England Club has capped off a remarkable summer on grass, with titles in Eastbourne and at Queen’s Club too.
Cash and Glasspool have now landed their maiden Grand Slam title – and both men were left emotional in their on-court interviews.
‘When you say it (becoming the first all-British pair since 1936 to win the men’s doubles) – it sounds incredible,’ Glasspool said.
‘I didn’t think too much about it. We’ve given you one Brit the last few years – but now we’ve given you two Brits!’
‘There was a lot of pressure on our shoulders’
Cash, meanwhile, added: ‘There was a lot of pressure on our shoulders. The fact we could do it was surreal.
‘Thank you for coming out today, the support was incredible. It would be mad of me to stand here and not thank my family. Mum, dad, Jamie, coaches. This is what it’s been all for. It means the world.
‘We had two goals [at the start of the year] – one was to make it to Turin, another was to win a Slam.
‘A lot of people probably wouldn’t have believed us. Our team backed us all the way.
‘To do it here – I mean it couldn’t mean more. To do it on the most special court in the world? Incredible.’
Hewett and Reid lose wheelchair doubles final
Elsewhere at Wimbledon on Saturday, Britain’s Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid were unable to defend their men’s wheelchair doubles title.
The duo were beaten by Martin de la Puente and Ruben Spaargaren in a thriller, with the European pair registering a 7-6 7-5 win on Court 1.
‘[We are] really disappointed,’ Reid said after the match. ‘It wasn’t our best performance and they deserved it. They had a great week.
‘You never want to finish the week with a loss but if you are going to do it anywhere it is here in front of this crowd.’
Hewett, meanwhile, added: ‘It is an incredible feeling to be out here on an iconic court like this.
‘To play in front of this crowd is what we always dream of. I hope it continues in the following years.’
