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Hsieh, Yang make history with victory at Wimbledon

Yang Tsung-hua, right, and Hsieh Cheng-peng talk to reporters on Saturday after making the finals at Wimbledon in London. Yang and Hsieh won the boys’ doubles championship yesterday. PHOTO: CNA

Taiwan’s Hsieh Cheng-peng and Yang Tsung-hua won a tense final of the boys’ doubles at Wimbledon yesterday after a hard-fought battle.

Hsieh and Yang defeated No. 3 seeds Matt Reid and Bernard Tomic, both from Australia, 6-4, 2-6, 12-10 in an epic battle on Court 14.

Hsieh and Yang got off to a good start, breaking the Aussies in the first set and holding serve to take the advantage. But the Australian pair came back strongly in the second, rushing to 6-2 score line.

The final set was a tense, marathon affair that lasted an amazing 22 games. Hsieh and Yang were broken early by the Aussies, but the resilient Taiwanese duo broke back immediately and the set went with serve until 6-6.

Hsieh and Yang had the advantage, putting the Aussie serve under pressure game after game, but they failed to convert their chances on break point time after time. Finally, with the score at 10-10 they eventually made one of those chances count and took a 11-10 lead with the rain clouds moving in over the All England Lawn Tennis Club.

Serving up a 40-15 lead, they gave themselves two Championship points and duly converted to become the first Taiwanese Wimbledon champions.
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