Casey Dellacqua displays on her Wimbledon return to accomplice Ash Barty within the invitational ladies’s doubles occasion.
London, Nice Britain, 12 July 2024 | Leigh Rogers> READ: Barty displays on “fairly particular” Wimbledon return
The 39-year-old Dellacqua described practising with, in addition to competing in opposition to, former friends and associates this week as “incredible”.
“It’s simply been so good to be right here, not solely with Ash, however with Todd (Woodbridge), Sam (Stosur), I’ve hit with the entire Aussie contingent,” she stated.
“It’s fairly cool, isn’t tennis simply such an incredible sport which you can come again years later and play.”
Barty and Dellacqua saved their unbeaten document intact within the round-robin stage of the ladies’s invitational doubles occasion right this moment, scoring a 6-2 6-4 victory in opposition to Italian Roberta Vinci and China’s Zheng Jie at No.2 Court docket.
Australian greats Sam Stosur, Lleyton Hewitt, Todd Woodbridge, Rennae Stubbs and Mark Woodforde additionally scored wins within the Wimbledon invitational occasions right this moment.
Aussies in motion – Wimbledon
RESULTS
Girls’s invitational doubles, round-robin
Ash Barty (AUS)/Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d Roberta Vinci (ITA)/Zheng Jie (CHN) 6-2 6-4
Sam Stosur (AUS)/Cara Black (ZIM) d Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)/Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 7-6(5) 6-2
Sam Stosur (AUS)/Cara Black (ZIM) d Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/Laura Robson (GBR) 7-5 7-5
Males’s invitational doubles, round-robin
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)/Kevin Anderson (RSA) d Mark Philippoussis (AUS)/Tommy Haas (GER) 6-7(3) 6-4 [12-10]
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)/Kevin Anderson (RSA) d Jamie Delgado (GBR)/Sebastian Grosjean (FRA) 6-3 6-2
Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/Robert Farah (COL) d Mark Philippoussis (AUS)/Tommy Haas (GER) 2-6 6-3 [11-9]
Combined invitational doubles, round-robin
Todd Woodbridge (AUS)/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) d Thomas Enqvist (SWE)/Martina Navratilova (USA) 6-4 7-5
Mark Woodforde (AUS)/Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d Mansour Bahrami (IRI)/Alicia Molik (AUS) 7-6(2) 7-6(5)
Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)/Anne Keothavong (GBR) d Todd Woodbridge (AUS)/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) 6-3 6-2
Richard Krajicek (NED)/Conchita Martinez (ESP) d Mansour Bahrami (IRI)/Alicia Molik (AUS) 6-3 7-5
COMING UP
Girls’s invitational doubles, round-robin
Sam Stosur (AUS)/Cara Black (ZIM) v Martina Hingis (SUI)/Kim Clijsters (BEL)
Ash Barty (AUS)/Casey Dellacqua (AUS) v Johanna Konta (GBR)/Coco Vandeweghe (USA)
> VIEW: Wimbledon 2024 ladies’s invitational doubles draw
Males’s invitational doubles, round-robin
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)/Kevin Anderson (RSA) v Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/Robert Farah (COL)
Mark Philippoussis (AUS)/Tommy Haas (GER) v Jamie Delgado (GBR)/Sebastian Grosjean (FRA)
> VIEW: Wimbledon 2024 males’s invitational doubles draw
Combined invitational doubles, round-robin
Mark Woodforde (AUS)/Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) v Richard Krajicek (NED)/Conchita Martinez (ESP)
Todd Woodbridge (AUS)/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) v Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)/Barbara Schett (AUT)
Mansour Bahrami (IRI)/Alicia Molik (AUS) v Greg Rusedski (GBR)/Iva Majoli (CRO)
> VIEW: Wimbledon 2024 blended invitational doubles draw
Discover your method to play: Go to play.tennis.com.au to get out on court docket and have some enjoyable!
