Wimbledon: China's Wang Ziying stuns favourite in women's wheelchair final
Wang had lost eight of her previous nine matches against Kamiji, who has 10 major singles titles and was looking to complete a career grand slam with a first championship at Wimbledon.
But Wang converted her fifth set point in the first set after a marathon game that went to deuce nine times, and then clinched victory on her first match point when Kamiji netted a backhand.
In the men's wheelchair doubles final, No 2 seeds Martin De la Puente of Spain and Ruben Spaargaren of the Netherlands won their first Wimbledon title by beating top-seeded British duo Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid 7-6 (1), 7-5.
Hewett and Reid have won six Wimbledon doubles titles, including the last two.
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