Serena Williams served past Spanish upstart Garbine Muguruza 6-4 6-4 to win Wimbledon for the first time since 2012. The American veteran claimed her sixth title at the venue, and her 21st Grand Slam overall with a confident and clutch performance. She had some tough matches on the week, and the match against Muguruza was yet another, the Spaniard got off to a hot start, breaking in the first game and holding all the way to 4-2, before being broken at 4-4, and then being broken again to drop the 1st set 6-4, a set that started with great promise.
In set 2 Williams blitzed a dazed Muguraza all the way to 5-1, as the Spaniard was seen near tears during a changeover, but from there the Spaniard mounted a surprising comeback, breaking back for 5-2 and then eking out a tough hold for 3-5 from deuce. Williams would then serve for the match, and have to save 3 break points with huge aces to bring it back to deuce from 0-40 and then serve up her first championship point. Muguruza saved with it a forehand winner, and later generated a fourth break point, but she hit an error there and it went back to deuce.
Next, they played an amazing rally with both players struggling to get to the ball for 14 shots, but Williams would be the first to blink, hitting a ball into the net as the Spaniard brought up a fifth break point. At that point, Muguruza slapped a forehand winner down the line, and amazingly she was back on serve 4-5 in the second set, with Williams still just 4 painstaking points away from a win.
Muguruza couldn’t maintain her shocking momentum however, as the tide turned yet again, and she struggled on serve, a facet that was key if she was going to win the match.Williams won four consecutive points and broke her at love to claim the championship. The result was slightly delayed due to a challenge, but after the win Williams jumped with joy having claimed yet another Grand Slam title, and reaffirmed why she’s the current world #1, and one of the greatest tennis players of all time. She will now look to win the US Open, and with it, a calendar year Grand Slam, which would be another incredible feat.
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