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Black and Huber repeat doubles triumph of 2005

LONDON, July 8 (Reuters) Second seeds Cara Black of Zimbabwe and Liezel Huber of South Africa won their second Wimbledon women's doubles title in three years defeating Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik and Japan's Ai Sugiyama today.

The African pair came from a set down to win 3-6 6-3 6-2 and capture their second grand slam title of the year, having triumphed at the Australian Open in January.

The fourth-seeded Srebotnik and Sugiyama, both of whom were among the seeds in the singles draw, claimed the solitary first set break to take an early advantage Both women were then broken in sets two and three to add Wimbledon runners-up trophies to their defeat in June's French Open final.

Having not defended their title in 2006, Black and Huber have now extended their unbeaten Wimbledon run to 12 matches.

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Story first published: Thursday, August 24, 2017, 15:55 [IST]
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