Wimbledon: Melo, Kubot clinch men's doubles title in five sets

The Brazilian-Polish men's doubles pair of Marcelo Melo and Lukasz Kubot took a marathon five sets to overcome Austrian-Croatian pair of Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic in the final of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.

It took four hours and 39 minutes of intense serve-dominated play on Sunday for fourth seeds Kubot and Melo to overcome the valiant No.16 seeded rivals 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(2), 3-6, 13-11.

The match saw seven points won from the eight played after the match resumed following a 10-minute suspension to allow the Centre Court roof to close after a drizzle, as Melo and Kubot bagged their first Grand Slam title as a pair.

 

"I said to Lukasz before the match, 'Man, I did everything in my life to be here in this court. I want to enjoy as much as I can. I reached the final once before (with Ivan Dodig, losing to the Bryan brothers in 2013), but now I want to win, and I can do it'," Melo told Wimbledon website.

"After they closed the roof it was perfect for us, especially to break him love-40. The energy was so high, the atmosphere on court unbelievable. No words to describe," he added.

With this win, Melo will return to the No.1 ranking in men's doubles on Monday.