French pair Arnaud Clement [ Images ] and Michael Llodra upset champions Bob and Mike Bryan [ Images ] of the United States to become gleeful Wimbledon [ Images ] men's doubles champions on Sunday.
The 10th seeds' 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory in their maiden Grand Slam final means they are the first all-French team to win at Wimbledon in 74 years and their delight was evident on Court One.
Second seeds Cara Black [ Images ] of Zimbabwe and South Africa's [ Images ] Liezel Huber beat fourth seeds Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia and Ai Sugiyama [ Images ] of Japan [ Images ] 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to win the women's doubles.
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After throwing rackets and t-shirts into the crowd following their surprise victory, Clement had to borrow a shirt from his brother Bruno to ensure he did not accept his trophy bare chested.
"Seriously, I have to play a tournament next week in Newport. I have no more rackets now," his partner Llodra joked afterwards.
The top-seeded Bryan twins had been chasing a fifth Grand Slam title in their 13th final and, having not dropped a set all tournament, they remained on course winning the first set on a tie-break.
But Clement and Llodra, who were a match point away from being eliminated in the second round, made decisive breaks in the next three sets to cue their celebrations.
Twice an Australian Open [ Images ] doubles champion, Llodra claimed his third Grand Slam success while Clement, a former Australian Open singles runner-up, took home his first Grand Slam title.

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