Such was Martina Hingis’s excitement at winning her first Wimbledon title in 17 years in the ladies’ doubles on Saturday night that she could not get to sleep until 3am – but if anything she was even more dazzling less than 24 hours later as she and the Indian maestro Leander Paes took the mixed doubles crown.
Between them Hingis and Paes have a combined age of 76 but they were far too clever for the crash-bang tennis of the fifth seeds Alexander Peya and Timea Babos as they galloped to a 6-1, 6-1 victory in just 41 minutes.