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‘To do it here is incredible,’ says Lloyd Glasspool
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Defeat in the wheelchair final for Hewett and Reid
Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool capped their dream summer with the Wimbledon crown and first Grand Slam title as a pair when the British team downed Rinky Hijikata and David Pel 6-2 7-6(3) in the men’s doubles final.
The Queen’s Club and Eastbourne champions became the first all-British pairing to win the All England Club trophy since 1936, when Pat Hughes and Raymond Tuckey defeated their compatriots Charles Hare and Frank Wilde in the final.
“When you say it, it sounds incredible,” said Glasspool. “We’ve had a Brit win it last year [Henry Patten], the year before that [Neal Skupski] so I didn’t think too much of it, but now we needed to give you two so we did our best.”
The local favourites shot out of the blocks after an early break thanks to a poor service game from Pel and raced through the opening set with minimum fuss, leaving fans buzzing on a sun-drenched Centre Court.