Serena Williams wins second Wimbledon title of the day with Venus
Sunday 10 July 2016 09:43, UK
Serena Williams has won her second Wimbledon title of the day, after beating Timea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova with sister Venus in the women's doubles final.
Fifth seeded Babos of Hungary and Shvedova of Kazakhstan were not able to match the performance of the Williams sisters, who ran out comfortable winners at 6-3 6-4.
Venus and Serena's win marked their sixth doubles title at the All England Club and their first since 2012.
The duo now have 14 Grand Slam doubles titles and three Olympic gold medals as a pair, and have never lost a major doubles final together.
Just three hours before claiming victory in the women's doubles match, Serena lifted the women's singles trophy, having secured a record 22nd Grand Slam singles win against Angelique Kerber, equalling Steffi Graf's historic milestone.
It was also a great day for Venus, who had failed to secure a Wimbledon final against sister Serena after suffering a semi-final defeat to Kerber on Thursday.
The two sisters hadn't played together for two years before this year, but reunited as part of their build-up for the Rio Olympics in August.
Shvedova, who lost to Venus in the singles quarterfinals this week, was trying to win her third Grand Slam doubles title, after teaming with Vania King to win Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 2010.
Babos has never won a major doubles trophy; she was the runner-up with Kristina Mladenovic at Wimbledon in 2014.
