Joran vliegen, Belgian tennis player

London [UK], July 14 : In the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles final on Thursday Mate Pavic with teammate Lyudmyla Kichenok defeated Joran Vliegen and his teammate Xu Yifan, 6-4, 6-7(9), 6-3.Croatian Mate Pavic and Ukrainian Lyudmyla Kichenok made their debut in Wimbledon six years ago and now they have completed their ultimate goal together after their victory over Belgian Joran Vliegen and China's Xu Yifan.According to the official website of ATP, Mate Pavic said, “It’s an incredible feeling, always, at Wimbledon. I played three finals here, I lifted a trophy two years ago. This was the first time in the mixed final, so it’s always incredible to play here. It’s always a special story with Wimbledon. I enjoyed it for these two weeks."He added, “Of course I want to thank Lyudmyla for playing with me. We have the same physio. He’s Croatian. Lyudmyla and I played in 2017 together for the first time at Wimbledon. After that we never played, and through him this year we got together to play Wimbledon.”After the win Lyudmyla Kichenok said, “It feels amazing. I was enjoying being on Centre Court today a lot. I want to thank my partner for playing incredible these two weeks."“I just want to try to encourage the people in Ukraine with my performance,” she added. “I hope it will help them a little bit, because they are fighting for their freedom.”WTA star Kichenok and Mate Pavic let slip a championship point in the second-set tie-break before Vliegen and Xu forced a deciding set on Centre Court. However, the seventh seeds did not dwell on that disappointment, as they earned a decisive break in the eighth game of the third set en route to a two-hour, seven-minute win.Pavic, No. 17 in the Pepperstone ATP Doubles Rankings, and WTA doubles No. 15 Kichenok fired 20 winners to their opponents’ 14 for their third three-set triumph in five matches at Wimbledon this year. It was an emotional moment for the 30-year-old Kichenok, who became the first Ukrainian titlist of any kind in Wimbledon history.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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Tennis :Mate Pavic, Lyudmyla Kichenok wins Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Trophy

London [UK], July 14 : In the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles final on Thursday Mate Pavic with teammate Lyudmyla Kichenok ... ...