Another Grand Slam, another Diede de Groot trophy picture. During Wimbledon, the perennial match-winner has once again been imperious, chalking up her seventh consecutive Grand Slam singles title with victory over Japan’s Yui Kamiji.

Between them, De Groot and Kamiji had won 20 of the last 21 Grand Slam singles titles – Aniek van Koot, at 2019 Wimbledon, is the only other victor in that time – although their latest showdown very much went with form.

De Groot prevailed 6-4 6-2 to add another triumph to her ever-expanding streak of victories, which now stands at 61, while she also extended her personal winning streak against Kamiji to 13 matches. All of that contributed to a fourth Wimbledon title.

The 25-year-old has now equalled the third-longest Grand Slam singles winning streak, currently held by Esther Vergeer, while she is the first player to record seven consecutive Grand Slam titles in seasons when all four Slams have hosted singles events.

Talking of Vergeer, the 15th Grand Slam singles title of her career leaves De Groot, who is a US Open triumph short of consecutive calendar Grand Slams, trailing her esteemed and highly-decorated compatriot by just six.

“I’m getting pretty close, I know this,” said De Groot, who has now won 21 straight Grand Slam matches.

“But her achievements really stand by themselves. I think her match streak was almost 500 matches, so I don’t think anyone will ever top that. For 10 years, she wasn’t beaten. Those are records that nobody is going to beat.

“I think if I try and challenge that, I might even end up sad at the end of my career. Even though I had such a big and very impressive career, I’ll be sad because I didn’t beat her record.

“I’m not looking at how she was. I think we all have to honour what she did and what she meant to the whole of the wheelchair tennis community.

“In terms of my winning streak of match-wins, I also know there’s going to be a day where it happens and I lose. I’m still a human being and tennis is a really strange sport sometimes. I'm not really busy keeping such a long streak intact.”

There was a rare moment of emotion from De Groot during her on-court post-match interview, and during her press conference she revealed that unspecified family issues made competing at SW19 this week far from straightforward.

“It is very special to win at Wimbledon again,” added De Groot.

“But we have had some circumstances at home which made it very difficult to be out here this week and focus on my matches. It was very special for my family to be here and to witness this with me, when maybe they would have loved to stay at home as well.

“Nevertheless, it is really special to win. This is always one of the most special tournaments. The authenticity, like the old style, remains but they’re also changing it up a little bit so there’s new things as well. I’m really happy to win.”

In the men’s wheelchair doubles final, meanwhile, the remarkable record-breaking Grand Slam winning sequence of Great Britain’s Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid came to an end with defeat to Argentina’s Gustavo Fernandez and Shingo Kunieda of Japan.

Fernandez and Kunieda, who were seeded second here, won 6-3 6-1. Fernandez now has three Grand Slam doubles titles to his name and two at Wimbledon, while Kunieda has 22 overall and four at Wimbledon, although this was his first doubles triumph here since 2014.

Sunday's quad final will be an all Dutch affair after top seed Niels Vink and Sam Schroder both navigated their semi-finals, defeating Heath Davidson 7-6(7) 6-1 and American David Wagner 6-0 6-7(5) 6-1 respectively. Vink is bidding to seal back-to-back Grand Slam titles after tiumphing at last month's Roland Garros.