Williams had already won the Australian Open and French Open tournaments this season prior to Wimbledon. “I think if I had felt it better during the match, maybe I would have been able to close it out”, she said.
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“Definitely a little pressure”, Williams acknowledged, “toward the end”.
Serena Williams has completed the “Serena Slam” by holding all four majors at once.
That that hasn’t been done since Steffi Graf did it in 1988.
Only Williams could win a set with relative ease despite a first serve success rate of just 49 per cent.
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.
“She also returned really well, so I think that helped her out”.
Something happened. Muguruza went up 0-15. Winning the next five games not only handed her the first set but a lead in the second as well.
“She started out well”, Williams said of Muguruza. After struggling with her serve in the opening set, she racked up six aces through those five games.
The recovery was not to last: Muguruza’s resolve then finally cracked, Williams breaking to love and converting her second championship point.
For a few seconds, Williams didn’t celebrate, either anticipating a challenge or having lost track of the score. She took the match’s third game.
“Martina Navratilova won 167 WTA events, I won [154], Serena’s won 67”, Evert said. “She’s human, she has nerves like everyone”.
She has won eight of the past 13 major singles titles and two Olympic gold medals since hiring Mouratoglou before Wimbledon in 2012.
Muguruza produced a fine forehand victor to deny Williams at Championship point – before blowing a fourth break point. Williams hit 29 winners, nearly three times more than her opponent.
At 33 years and 289 days, she also made history by becoming the oldest player to win a Grand Slam in the Open era.
Roger Federer, one month shy of his 34th birthday, plays Novak Djokovic for the men’s title Sunday. It was like, I really want to win Wimbledon. It’s not very often that Williams loses grand slam finals: She improved to 21-4, last tasting defeat at the 2011 U.S. Open against Samantha Stosur.
Muguruza, now 21, took some time Friday to reveal some things about her personal life, saying she likes to cook, listen to her music on shuffle and watch movies at home while spending off-time with her family.
Serena Williams of the United States returns a shot to Garbine Muguruza of Spain during the women’s singles final at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Saturday July 11, 2015.
Serena is scheduled to play this upcoming week in Gstaad, Sweden, will have the eyes of the tennis world upon her in at the US Open as she continues her assault on the record books.
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There was no way back for Muguruza, Spain’s first female grand slam finalist in 15 years. Seeded 20 at Wimbledon, she’ll be ranked at a career-high No. 9 on the women’s tour next week. You know, the first rounds are really hard because you’re nervous.
