Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) tennis player Sally Peers teamed up with Thailand’s Noppawan Lertcheewakarn to win the girls’ doubles title at the Wimbledon tennis tournament on Sunday 5 July.

The unseeded Peers and Lertcheewakarn defeated the number two seeds, Kristina Mladenovic of France and Croatia’s Silvia Njiric, winning the title 6–1 6–1 in just 47 minutes.

Peers and Lertcheewakarn played an impressive game, especially since this was the first time the pair had competed together. They had just nine unforced errors between them, compared with 18 misses by their opponents.

The win is a great confidence-building result for the 18-year-old Peers, particularly given her recent loss to British number two seed Laura Robson in the second round of the singles event.

Peers will go on to compete in a number of tennis tournaments in Spain before returning to Australia.

The AIS Tennis program in Canberra works closely with Tennis Australia to support the ongoing training and development of the nation’s best young tennis talent.