Mertens & Kudermetova win first major together at SW19

Elise Mertens (left) and Veronika Kudermetova only decided to resume their partnership a few weeks ago

Elise Mertens and Veronika Kudermetova fought back to beat Jelena Ostapenko and Hsieh Su-wei in the Wimbledon women's doubles final and win their first Grand Slam title together.

Eighth seeds Mertens and Kudermetova beat the Latvian-Taiwanese pairing 3-6 6-2 6-4 on Centre Court on Sunday.

It was a first major title for Russian Kudermetova, who lost to Hsieh and Belgium's Mertens in the women's doubles final at Wimbledon four years ago.

Mertens, meanwhile, clinched a fifth major women's doubles title and remains only a French Open triumph away from completing the career Slam.

"A few years ago I was playing in the final here against Elise - I lost and it was so painful," Kudermetova said.

"Today I said to myself, 'I really want this'."

Ostapenko - who won the 2017 French Open singles title - and Hsieh also lost in the Australian Open final in January.