Croatia’s Mektic and Pavic win Wimbledon men’s doubles title

Author: Agencies

LONDON: Croatia’s Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic won the Wimbledon men’s doubles title on Saturday with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), 2-6, 7-5 victory over Marcel Granollers of Spain and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina. The top seeds triumphed for the first time as a team at the Grand Slams. For Pavic, it was a third major victory after the 2018 Australian Open with Oliver Marach and the 2020 US Open partnering Bruno Soares. They became the third and fourth Croatian men to win a Wimbledon title after Goran Ivanisevic, who won the men’s singles title in 2001, and Ivan Dodig, who won the mixed doubles in 2019 alongside Latisha Chan.

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