WA’s Matt Ebden dazzling run at Wimbledon continued into the Mixed Doubles final with partner, fellow Aussie, Sam Stosur but the team couldn’t quite beat 2021 Champions American Desirae Krawczyk and Brit Neal Skupski.
The second seeds successfully defended their title at Centre Court, posting a 6-4 6-3 victory against the Australian pair and making the most of their opportunities in the 86-minute final, winning all three break points they earned. Krawczyk and Skupski edged a close first set and stepped up their game in the second, roaring back from an early break down to win four consecutive games and wrap up victory in an hour and 27 minutes.
Stosur and Ebden, on the other hand, only converted one of their five break point opportunities.
World No.11 Stosur and world No.31 Ebden had been aiming to become the third all-Australian team to win a Wimbledon mixed doubles title in the Open era – and the first since Elizabeth Smylie and John Fitzgerald in 1991.
This is Ebden and Stosur’s second Grand Slam final as a team, having also finished runners-up at the Australian Open last year.
Ebden still has an opportunity to win a Grand Slam title at this tournament, having progressed to the gentlemen’s doubles final alongside fellow Aussie Max Purcell.
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