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Runners-up Pel and Hijikata seem pleased enough with second place.

David Pel says: “We hadn’t even met before the tournament. It was our first time speaking on the first day of the tournament. It’s amazing actually.”

Rinky Hijikata adds: “It’s been a crazy ride. It’s been so much fun playing with David. It’s a dream come true to be playing out here on Centre Court today.”

Fifth seeds Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool capped their dream summer with the Wimbledon crown and first Grand Slam title as a pair when the British team downed Rinky Hijikata and David Pel 6-2 7-6(3) in the men’s doubles final on Saturday.

Queen’s Club and Eastbourne champions Cash and Glasspool became the first all-British pairing to win the All England Club trophy since 1936, when Pat Hughes and Raymond Tuckey defeated their compatriots Charles Hare and Frank Wilde in the final.

The local favourites shot out of the blocks after an early break thanks to a poor service game from Pel and raced through the opening set with minimum fuss, leaving fans buzzing on a sun-drenched Centre Court.

The Australian-Dutch duo of Hijikata and Pel saved a break point at the start of the second set and applied pressure in the fourth game but their opponents were equal to the task and took a step towards the title when they went 4-2 up.

Hijikata and Pel, who entered the tournament as alternates and survived match points in their first two rounds, drew level after eight games before Cash and Glasspool moved up a gear in the tiebreak to prevail and spark huge celebrations.

It’s been almost 90 years since an all-British pair managed the feat.

Cash-Glasspool 6-2, 7-6(3) Hijikata-Pel

They’ve done it! Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool become the first British men since 1936 to win the Wimbledon doubles title. What an achievement.

Cash-Glasspool 6-2, 6-6 Hijikata-Pel*

Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool hold serve with the last game of the second set to force a tie-break. Can they seal the title here?

On No 1 Court, Britain’s Oliver Bonding is underway in the boys’ doubles final alongside American Jagger Leach, who is the son of former women’s champion Lindsay Davenport.

Cash-Glasspool 6-2, 4-4 Hijikata-Pel*

On Centre, it’s all square in the second set of the men’s doubles final.

Hewett-Reid 6-7(1), 5-7 Spaargaren-De La Peunte

Well here’s a bit of a shock – the top seeds and 23-time grand-slam winning pairing of Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid have lost the men’s wheelchair doubles final.

Spain’s Martin de la Puente and Dutchman Ruben Spaargaren are the new champions, and that’s a first slam crown for either player.