Serena Williams Is The Queen Of Wimbledon

SERENA Williams overcame a slow start yesterday, herself, eight double faults and a very nervy finish, to see off Garbine Muguruza, 6-4 6-4, claiming her sixth Wimbledon title, fourth Grand Slam championship in a row and a record 21st major overall.

The win means Williams holds all four Grand Slam titles at once, completing the second “Serena Slam” of her career. What’s more, she secured the third leg of a calendar-year Grand Slam and, if she wins the U.S. Open, will become the first player to sweep all four majors in the same season since Steffi Graf in 1988.

Williams, winning her 28th straight Grand Slam match, is now just one major title behind Graf on the Open era list and two behind all-time leader Margaret Court Smith. And at 33 years and 289 days, the World No.1 is also the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era, beating Martin Navratilova’s record of 33 years and 263 days at Wimbledon back in 1990.

She has now won seven major championships in her 30s. There was no shortage of drama, especially right at the start and right at the end, but the World no 1 battled past Garbine Muguruza in straight sets for her second Serena Slam – her self-stylized name for a Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam. Playing in the first Grand Slam final of her blossoming career, the No. 20-seeded Muguruza came out on fire, breaking in the very first game of the match then holding for 2-0. And she held onto that break for a few more games – she extended that 2-0 lead to 3-1 and even 4-2, just a few games from the set.

But from 4-2 down in the first set, Williams ran off five straight games to take the set and go up 1-0 in the second. She pulled out to a 5-1 lead and twice served for the match but couldn’t convert.
Williams was broken at love for 5-2 and Muguruza clawed her way back, winning the next three games to close the gap to 5-4. But Williams, a champion if not anything, broke the 21-year-old Spaniard at love to close out the match, which finished with Muguruza hitting a forehand wide.

“I’m very happy and proud to be playing in front of this amazing crowd,” Muguruza said of her first Grand Slam final, after the match. “I love to play on big courts, and a Grand Slam final is just a dream come true for me. But I also want to say congratulations to Serena. She’s showing us she’s still World No.1.”

“Garbiñe played so well,” Serena said during her victory speech. “I didn’t even know it was over – she was fighting so hard at the end. Congratulations – don’t be sad, you’ll be holding this trophy very, very soon, believe me! I can’t believe I’m standing here with another Serena Slam. It’s really cool. And the crowd helped me through it – I heard all the ‘I love yous’ and I love you more! It’s such an honor. It feels so good.”