Dellacqua and Barty to contest invitational ultimate at Wimbledon 2024 | 14 July, 2024 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

Casey Dellacqua and Ash Barty are having a number of enjoyable being again on courtroom collectively at Wimbledon 2024 – they usually’ve returned to their profitable methods too.

Eleven years after competing of their first Wimbledon ultimate, they’ve superior to a different ultimate on the All England Membership within the ladies’s invitational doubles competitors.

The Aussie duo went unbeaten throughout the round-robin stage of the competitors, securing their ultimate spot with a 6-4 6-2 victory immediately towards Brit Johanna Konta and American Coco Vandeweghe.

This units up a showdown with two-time defending champions Kim Clijsters and Martina Hingis, who edged out Sam Stosur and Cara Black 7-5 7-5 of their ultimate round-robin match.

“I’m excited that she’s again,” Clijsters stated of Barty, who’s 13 years her junior. “I by no means obtained to play towards her. I’ve solely practised towards her, so it’s thrilling to have her taking part in on the legends tour.

“A couple of years in the past I used to be the youngest legend on the market, however positively not anymore,” she added with fun.

The 41-year-old Clijsters, a former world No.1 in singles and doubles, staged two skilled comebacks in her profession. She believes Barty might be able to doing the identical, if she wished to.

“Who is aware of? Final yr we the place seeing Caroline Wozniacki follow between our legends matches and we had been all like ‘What are you doing? Why are you practising this a lot?’” Clijsters stated.

“There’s positively part of me that hopes that she (Barty) type of will get triggered by the problem and the journey that it’s to comeback on tour with a household.”

Australian greats Lleyton Hewitt (partnering South African Kevin Anderson) and Mark Woodforde (partnering Slovak Dominika Cibulkova) have additionally superior to finals of their respective invitational doubles occasions.

Aussies in motion – Wimbledon

RESULTS
Girls’s invitational doubles, round-robin
Ash Barty (AUS)/Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d Johanna Konta (GBR)/Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 6-4 6-2
Martina Hingis (SUI)/Kim Clijsters (BEL) d Sam Stosur (AUS)/Cara Black (ZIM) 7-5 7-5

Males’s invitational doubles, round-robin
Jamie Delgado (GBR)/Sebastian Grosjean (FRA) d Mark Philippoussis (AUS)/Tommy Haas (GER) 3-3 ret.

Combined invitational doubles, round-robin
Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)/Barbara Schett (AUT) d Todd Woodbridge (AUS)/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) 6-3 6-4
Greg Rusedski (GBR)/Iva Majoli (CRO) d Mansour Bahrami (IRI)/Alicia Molik (AUS) 3-6 6-4 [10-7]

COMING UP
Girls’s invitational doubles, ultimate
Ash Barty (AUS)/Casey Dellacqua (AUS) v Martina Hingis (SUI)/Kim Clijsters (BEL)