Big Congratulations to Serena Williams! World No. 1 Serena Williams won her 21th Grand Slam title with a win over No. 20 seed Garbine Muguruza on Saturday in the Wimbledon 2015 final, winning 6-4, 6-4. This was Williams’ first Wimbledon final since 2012.
Serena got off to the worst possible start on a sunny day on Centre court with Muguruza breaking the French Open Champion in the very first game of the match. Serena served three double-faults in the first game itself to hand her 21-year-old opponent a 2-0 lead in the first set Muguruza held her serve in the second game.
Willaims started to get into her stride after the first couple of games, but the Spaniard had no intention of letting her lead slip. Soon she had a lead to 4-2 but that is where Serena overpowered her opponent as she does ever so often. Winning the next five games not only handed her the first set but a lead in the second as well.
Muguruza held her serve once but was broken twice in consecutive service games as Serena assumed full control of the match with a 5-1 lead. Williams had the chance of serve for the match and put her hands on the coveted crown again, but Muguruza again showed tremendous resilience to break her back by love and hold her serve to go just one service break down with the set score at 5-3.
Willaims again had the opportunity to win the match but went 0-40 down in the game. With the help of a couple of aces, she came back to deuce and had a subsequent match point a few moments later but Muguruza had fought too hard to let it go so soon as the youngster showed great precision to break the American’s serve and bring the score to 5-4.
Muguruza’s resistance was over as she was broken in the very next game to hand Serena her 6th Wimbledon Championship.
The Serena Slam is still on
Williams is now one behind Steffi Graf in the list for total number of titles won in the Open Era and three behind Margaret Court who hold the all-time record with 24 Grand Slam wins. Serena will, however, have the opportunity to join an elite club of players who have won all the grand slams in one year.
Only Maureen Connolly Brinker, Margaret Court and Steffi Graf have been able to achieve the remarkable feat and Serena will have her day with destiny when she starts her defense of her US Open crown later this year.
[sportskeeda]
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