Rinky Hijikata's hopes of joining Australian doubles' illustrious roll of honour at Wimbledon have melted in the sunshine of Centre Court as the Sydneysider and his Dutch partner David Pel were soundly beaten in the men's final.
The home duo of Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool had a partisan crowd cheering when they became the first all-British team to lift the Wimbledon men's doubles crown since 1936 with their 6-2 7-6 (7-3) victory on a blazing hot Saturday showdown.
It was the end of a great adventure for the makeshift Dutch-Aussie team, who had saved match points in the first round, second round and semi-finals en route to the final in their first tournament together.
