Krawczyk wins second straight Wimbledon mixed doubles title with Neal Skupski

The championship match started more than an hour behind schedule to give Ebden appropriate recovery time after he and fellow Aussie Max Purcell started the day with a five-set win over No. 1 seeds Salisbury and American Rajeev Ram in the men's doubles semifinals, where they saved multiple match points. Krawczyk and Skupski broke serve three times in the ensuing 87-minute championship; after the first nine games of the match went with serve, Krawczyk and Skupski took their first break point to earn a one-set lead, and they later won four straight games from a break down at 2-1 in the second set. 

"It's great to be back here again ... and to be on Centre Court winning our second Wimbledon in a row," Krawczyk said. "I was telling Neal, on the court I wasn't really nervous. For me, that's kind of a bad sign a little bit. But I think when it got to 5-2, I was kind of feeling it. I was like, 'Oh, my gosh,' we're kind of getting to the end. Until that match point, it's not over until it's over. You have to keep pushing, playing it out."

Thursday's action at Wimbledon also saw the start of the wheelchair competition, where Americans Dana Mathewson and David Wagner played their singles quarterfinal matches. Wagner was a 6-1, 6-3 winner over South Africa's Donald Ramphadi, while Mathewson was beaten by world No. 1 Diede de Groot of the Netherlands, 6-1, 6-1. They'll each play in the doubles semifinals on Friday, while Wagner will play second-seeded Dutchman Sam Schroder in Saturday's semifinals.