Wimbledon glory for Halesowen's Whiley
[gallery] Halesowen tennis ace Jordanne Whiley is Wimbledon champion for the second year running after she and partner Yui Kamiji successfully defended their wheelchair ladies' doubles title.
Whiley and Japan's Kamiji defeated Dutch duo Aniek Van Koot and Jiske Griffioen 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in this afternoon's final.
It is the 23-year-old's sixth Grand Slam title, after she and Kamaji won all four major championships in 2014.
Whiley and Kamiji had looked set for a comfortable win after they took the first set and then went a break up in the second.
But their opponents fought back to level at one set apiece before Whiley held her nerve to serve for the match in the decider.
"It's always difficult to come back and defend your title and today certainly wasn't easy," said Whiley. "Yui and I really started strongly being a set and 3-0 up but we knew that they were going to come back strongly after that and we lost it a little at the start of the third set.
"But we were able to fight back and the crowd really helped us with that as they always do here at Wimbledon.
"I did feel the nerves in the second set and I was feeling a bit sick as we've never actually led like that in a final, we've always come from behind before.
"This was one of the best matches we've ever played and I'm really proud of both of us for doing so well.
"It's so special to play at Wimbledon and share the ground with some of the greats of the game, playing singles here next year will be amazing and someone will get to be Wimbledon singles champion, which will be very special."
