Kunieda-Fernández win wheelchair doubles | Wimbledon Updates

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The latest from Wimbledon (all local times):

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16:15

Japan’s Shingo Kunieda and Argentina’s Gustavo Fernandez won the men’s wheelchair doubles title at Wimbledon.

Kunieda and Fernandez defeated Great Britain’s Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid 6-3, 6-1 on Court No. 3.

Kunieda is considered the greatest wheelchair tennis player of all time. He won his third Wimbledon doubles title, but is still seeking his first singles title at the All England Club. He will face Hewett in the singles final.

Kunieda has won 11 singles titles at the Australian Open, eight at the French Open and eight at the US Open. In doubles, she has won eight at the Australian Open, eight at the French Open and two at the US Open.

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15:57

Elena Rybakina has won the women’s title at Wimbledon by beating Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Rybakina is the first player representing Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam singles title. She was born in Russia but changed her nationality in 2018.

Seeded 17, Rybakina dropped just two sets in her seven wins at the All England Club.

Rybakina, who turned 23 last month, is the youngest woman to win the Wimbledon title since 21-year-old Petra Kvitova in 2011.

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15:19

Elena Rybakina has won the second set of the Wimbledon women’s final to level the score against Ons Jabeur at one set apiece.

Rybakina won the set 6-2 on Center Court. Jabeur won the first set 6-3.

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14:41

Ons Jabeur has won the first set of the Wimbledon women’s final 6-3.

Jabeur faces Elena Rybakina in the title match on Center Court.

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14:25

American junior player Liv Hovde has won the women’s singles title at Wimbledon.

Hovde defeated Luca Udvardy of Hungary 6-3, 6-4 on Court No. 1 to become the second American girl to win the title at the All England Club in the last 30 years.

Claire Liu won the title in 2017.

In the women’s doubles final, Angella Okutoyi of Kenya and Rose Marie Nijkamp of the Netherlands defeated Kayla Cross and Victoria Mboko of Canada 3-6, 6-4 (11-9).

In the men’s doubles final, Sebastian Gorzny and Alex Michelsen of the United States defeated Gabriel Debru and Paul Inchauspe of France 7-6 (5), 6-3.

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14:08

The Wimbledon women’s final between Ons Jabeur and Elena Rybakina has begun.

Jabeur is seeking to become the first Arab woman and the first African woman to win a major tennis title. Rybakina, who was born in Russia but changed her nationality to Kazakhstan in 2018, would become the first Grand Slam champion from her adoptive country.

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13:15

Diede de Groot has won her seventh consecutive Grand Slam women’s wheelchair singles title and fourth at Wimbledon.

The seeded Dutch player defeated Yui Kamiji of Japan 6-4, 6-2 on Court No. 3.

De Groot started her career at the 2021 Australian Open. She won all four major titles last year and has won the first three so far this year.

De Groot also won the singles title at the All England Club in 2017 and 2018. He won the doubles titles in 2018 and 2019.

The Dutchwoman also reached the doubles final this year and will team up with Aniek van Koot against Kamiji and Dana Mathewson of the United States.

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12:55

The Wimbledon women’s final will produce a Grand Slam champion for the first time.

Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur and Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina will play on Center Court for the title.

Jabeur is seeking to become the first Arab woman and the first African woman to win a major tennis title. Rybakina, who was born in Russia but changed her nationality to Kazakhstan in 2018, would become the first Grand Slam champion from her adoptive country.

The men’s doubles final will follow the women’s singles on Center Court. Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell from Australia will face Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic from Croatia.

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