Saturday 19 / October / 2024
London: Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hughes Herbert won the Wimbledon men's doubles title after a straight sets win over fellow French duo Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin on Saturday.
They were comfortable winners in the end, winning 6-4 7-6(1) 6-3, adding the title to the U.S. Open doubles crown they also won together last year.
Mahut is forever associated with the longest match in tennis history, at Wimbledon in 2010 when he lost an 11-hour marathon to American John Isner.
He also finished runner-up at the 2015 Australian Open in his first tournament in tandem with Herbert.
Meanwhile, Britain's Heather Watson and partner Henri Kontinen beat Oliver Marach and Jelena Ostapenko to reach the mixed doubles final at Wimbledon.
In winning 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 alongside Finland's Kontinen, Watson becomes the first British female mixed doubles finalist since Jo Durie won the event alongside Jeremy Bates in 1987.
Watson, who is playing with Kontinen for the first time, said: "I'm very happy. We played so well today. I've said it a thousand times - I'm having so much fun on the court with Henri."
Watson - the British number two in singles - had hoped to play alongside Kontinen, 26, at the French Open in May but was prevented from doing so because of her ranking.
The 24-year-old added: "We have got the chance at Wimbledon and I'm glad we decided to play together.
"We go with the flow, Henri tells me what to do, I do it and he knocks off the volleys."
The pair will face 15th seeds Robert Farah and Anna-Lena Groenefeld in Sunday's final.
