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Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei, left, and Belgium’s Elise Mertens lift the trophy after winning the Rothesay Classic women’s doubles title at Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, England, on Sunday.Photo: AFP KING OF QUEEN’S: In London, Tommy Paul became the first US player to win the Queen’s Club Wimbledon warm-up since Sam Querrey in 2010 Staff writer, with AFP, BIRMINGHAM and LONDON, England Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens of Belgium on Sunday claimed the Rothesay Classic doubles title in Birmingham, England, while Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva won her first senior grass-court women’s singles title. Top seeds and reigning Australian Open champions Hsieh and Mertens defeated Zhang Shuai of China and Miyu Kato of Japan 6-1, 6-3 at the Edgbaston Priory Club in 59 minutes.

“I’ve already played two doubles finals here and I lost all of them, so I’m very happy to win this one,” Mertens told the Lawn Tennis Association Web site. “Birmingham is of course very important in the lead up to Wimbledon, and for us to get this title will give us confidence going into it. We’ve enjoyed our week here.



We’ve had beautiful weather and a great atmosphere, so I just want to say thank you to the city of Birmingham.” In the women’s singles final, Putintseva defeated Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic 6-1, 7-6 (10/8). The 29-year-old’s previous two WTA Tour titles had come on clay courts, in Nurnberg in 2019 and Budapest in 2021, but on Sunday she prevailed in nearl.

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