Errani and Vinci land full set of Slams

SARA ERRANI and Roberta Vinci completed a career Grand Slam last night, battering Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic to win the ladies’ doubles.

The Wimbledon crown was the major title to have alluded the Italians but they rattled through the final in under 56 minutes, breaking serve in the first game and easing to a 6-1, 6-3 win.

It was the second seeds’ fifth Grand Slam win as a pairing and the easiest final and they breezed through without one unforced error. They had never previously gone past the quarter-finals at the All England Club.

Babos and Mladenovic, the 14th seeds, had knocked out the top seeds Su-Wei Hsieh and Shuai Peng in the third round but they were badly affected by nerves and Vinci ultimately served out to become the first pair to land all four majors since Venus and Serena Williams in 2001.

Errani said: ‘It’s unbelievable. Not many people have done the Grand Slam. We are really a team all day, with our families, our coaches. Not only for doubles but also when we are in the singles. We know how to help each other.’

Meanwhile, Sam Stosur and Nenad Zimonjic are in the mixed doubles final after beating Aisam Qureshi and Vera Dushevina 7-5, 6-2.

And there will be an all-American final in the junior boys. Stefan Kozlov, 16, beat France’s Johan Sebastien Tatlot 6-3, 7-6 and will face Noah Rubin, who defeated US compatriot Taylor Harry Fritz 6-4, 6-2.

Slovakia’s Kristina Schmiedlova will play Jelena Ostapenko, of Latvia, in the girls’ final.

Schmiedlova fought back from being a set down to beat Elena Gabriela Ruse of Romania 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, while Ostapenko crushed 12th seed Marketa Vondrousova 6-1, 6-2.

Britain’s Jordanne Whiley will play in the ladies’ doubles wheelchair final today alongside Yui Kamiji, of Japan.

They are top seeds and will face Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot, of the Netherlands.