Kgothatso Montjane rejoices on finally lifting the Wimbledon Doubles title

Together with her ~Japanese partner Yui Kamiji, Montjane secured their Wimbledon title in style yesterday, beating the Dutch duo of Diede de Groot and Jiske Griffioen with straight sets, 6-4, 6-4.

This is the third grand slam doubles title for Montjane, having previously won the US Open and the French Open last year.

Speaking to SABC Sport shortly after her arrival at the OR Tambo International Airport today, Montjane shared why this particular title is a little bit special.

"Well, I think the celebration afterward for us, it's because we've been talking about it throughout the year. We've been talking about Wimbledon since we lost it last year and how we lost it and it couldn't make sense to us, how did we lose that one? We celebrated that way because we wanted it so bad, simply because we missed out on it," Montjane said.

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Montjane says Wimbledon has also been a special tournament to her since it changed her life in 2018 when she became the first black South African to take part in it.

She says commercially participating in this tournament changed her life, as she started attracting sponsors.

"But I know Wimbledon is special for me because that's where my life changed when I first went to Wimbledon, finding out I'm the first black South African woman to compete there and coming back home, getting all these sponsors because I used to not have sponsors at all,” she added.

“So, I know Wimbledon holds a great place in my heart simply because since after my first time in 2018 since I came back from there, my life has been different. My career has been headed in a different direction."