The top-seeded pair beat Marcel Granollers of Spain and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina 6-4, 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-5 in a final that finished close to 10:20 p.m. (2120 GMT) under the roof on Centre Court.
The third-seeded Hsieh and Mertens won 3-6, 7-5, 9-7 on Centre Court. They clinched a back-and-forth third set when Hsieh hit a backhand winner to break Vesnina’s serve.
Though it looked like Karolina was getting back into the match after winning the second set, Ashleigh told herself to keep fighting. And that paid off as she went on to win the final.
The 17-year-old right-hander from New Jersey beat Sascha 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-2 in two minutes short of two hours in their semi-final encounter.
Barty is the first Australian woman to win the singles trophy at the All England Club since Evonne Goolagong in 1980.
Even if Berrettini loses, the seventh-seed will return home with head held high.
Marija Cicak will officiate Sunday when Novak Djokovic faces Matteo Berrettini for the championship at the All England Club.
If Djokovic adds another title on Wimbledon's grass Sunday, that will put him three-fourths of the way to a calendar-year Grand Slam, something only two men have done.
Barty won the 2019 French Open, while Pliskova is looking for her first Grand Slam title.
Djokovic will tie rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal with a 20th major championship, the most for a man in tennis history on Sunday by beating Matteo Berrettini in the final
Novak Djokovic cruised to his seventh Wimbledon final with a straight-set victory over Canada's Denis Shapovalov.
Berrettini raced to a 6-3, 6-0, 6-7(3), 6-4 victory in two hours and 37 minutes, becoming the first player from Italy to reach the Wimbledon final.
Pliskova hopes to do something only three women managed to accomplish since the Open era began 53 years ago: beat the top two seeds en route to the title at the All England Club.
The 25-year-old Barty won the 2019 French Open and has been atop the WTA rankings for 1.5 years.
Pliskova will face top-ranked Ash Barty in the final on Saturday.
Kerber served for the second set at 5-3 but was broken at love on Centre Court.
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The 39-year-old Swiss lost his men's singles quarter-final match in Wimbledon to Poland's Hubert Hurkacz in straight sets.
Roger Federer's run in the 2021 Wimbledon Championships came to an end with a defeat to Hubert Hurkacz in quarterfinals.
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