Su wei Hsieh, and partner Jelena Ostapenko, defeated the defending champions, Siniakova and Townsend, in the semis and lost a very close final to Kudermetova and Mertens. 

After their final at the Australian Open (AO) , it was another great fortnight for the partnership, as it virtually qualified them for the year-end WTA Championships. 

For Paul McNamee, the player box at Wimbledon is not as close or as private as the new on-court coaching pods at the AO.  “None the less, you can still give a lot of input from the player box, as long as you do so wisely”