French pair Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra upset champions Bob and Mike Bryan of the United States to become gleeful Wimbledon men's doubles champions on Sunday.
The 10th seeds' 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory in their maiden Grand Slam final means they are the first all-French team to win at Wimbledon in 74 years and their delight was evident on Court One.
After throwing rackets and t-shirts into the crowd following their surprise victory, Clement had to borrow a shirt from his brother Bruno to ensure he did not accept his trophy bare chested.
"Seriously, I have to play a tournament next week in Newport. I have no more rackets now," his partner Llodra joked afterwards.
The top-seeded Bryan twins had been chasing a fifth Grand Slam title in their 13th final and, having not dropped a set all tournament, they remained on course winning the first set on a tiebreak.
But Clement and Llodra, who were a match point away from being eliminated in the second round, made decisive breaks in the next three sets to cue their celebrations.
Twice an Australian Op-en doubles champion, Llodra claimed his third Grand Slam success while Cleme-nt took home his first Grand Slam title.
Black-Huber triumph
Second seeds Cara Black of Zimbabwe and Liezel Huber of South Africa won their second Wimbledon women's doubles title in three years, defeating Slov-enian Katarina Srebotnik and Japan's Ai Sugiyama.
The African pair came from a set down to win 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 and capture their second Grand Slam title of the year, having triumphed at the Australian Open in January.
The fourth-seeded Srebotnik and Sugiyama, both of whom were among the seeds in the singles draw, claimed the solitary first-set break to take an early advantage
Both women were then broken in sets two and three to add Wimbledon runners-up trophies to their defeat in June's French Open final.
Having not defended their title in 2006, Black and Huber have now extended their unbeaten Wimbledon run to 12 matches.
Sunday’s results (all finals, prefix denotes seeding):
Men’s singles: 1-Roger Federer (Sui) bt 2-Rafael Nadal (Spa) 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 6-2.
Men’s doubles: 10-Arnaud Clement/Michael Llodra (Fra) bt 1-Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (US) 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Women’s doubles: 2-Cara Black (Zim)/Liezel Huber (SA) bt 4-Katarina Srebotnik (Slo)/Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.