Doubles pair celebrate Grand Slam title and home hat-trick

EX-LOUGHBOROUGH ACES CASH AND GLASSPOOL TRIUMPH ON WIMBLEDON'S CENTRE COURT

- writes Mohamed Hamza of Sports-beat.

DOUBLES stars Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool relished etching their names into Wimbledon folklore by becoming the first all-British pairing to lift the title in 89 years.

Cash, a former Loughborough player-coach, and Glasspool, a Loughborough University graduate, defeated Rinky Hijikata and David Pel 6-2 7-6 on Centre Court to complete a hat-trick of titles on grass after wins at Queen's and Eastbourne earlier this summer.

The victory sees the duo become the first British pair to be crowned men's doubles champions at a Grand Slam since Pat Hughes and Raymond Tuckey at Wimbledon in 1936.

Cash, 28, said: "We had two goals this year - one was to make it to Turin [ATP Finals] and the other was to win a Grand Slam. To do it here, it couldn't mean more.

"We have played a crazy amount of tennis on the grass.