London July 16 (IANS) The Brazilian-Polish men s doubles pair of Marcelo Melo and Lukasz Kubot took a marathon five sets to overcome Austrian-Croatian pair of Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic in the final of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
It took four hours and 39 minutes of intense serve-dominated play on Sunday for fourth seeds Kubot and Melo to overcome the valiant No.16 seeded rivals 5-7 7-5 7-6(2) 3-6 13-11.
The match saw seven points won from the eight played after the match resumed following a 10-minute suspension to allow the Centre Court roof to close after drizzle as Melo and Kubot bagged their first Grand Slam title as a pair.
"I said to Lukasz before the match ‘Man I did everything on my life to be here in this court. I want to enjoy as much as I can. I reached the final once before (with Ivan Dodig losing to the Bryan brothers in 2013) but now I want to win and I can do it " Melo told Wimbledon website.
"After they closed the roof it was perfect for us especially to break him love-40. The energy was so high the atmosphere on court unbelievable. No words to describe " he added.
With this win Melo will return to the No.1 ranking in men s doubles on Monday.
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