Also on Centre Court, Serena and her sister Venus showcased their magic when they claimed their sixth Wimbledon women’s doubles title – and 14th Grand Slam trophy – with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Timea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova.
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Reigning Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber has admitted that she was helpless in preventing the world number one Serena Williams’ unstoppable force which guided the American to a seventh Wimbledon title.
“Serena is someone who beats records and not just equals them”, said her French coach Patrick Mouratoglou.
Between the victory over Kerber and being called to the courts for the doubles match, Serena paraded her trophy, signed autographs, held a press conference and conducted television interviews.
“Watching Serena playing earlier was fantastic and I was so into that”, Venus said of her younger sister’s historic win earlier in the day.
In the rematch against the fourth-seeded Kerber – the first time in a decade two women met to decide multiple major titles in one season – the No. 1-ranked Williams came through.
But serving at 5-6 Kerber made a few key errors to open the door – and the American pounced, rushing the net during a big rally on break point to push the German long and then roaring in joy as Kerber’s attempt to get the ball back fell short.
I have, yeah, definitely had some sleepless nights, if Im just honest, with a lot of stuff, Williams said about trying to get win No. 22.
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“I had to start looking at positives, not focusing on that one loss per tournament which really isn’t bad, and for anyone else on this tour would be completely happy about it. Once I started focusing more on the positives, I realised that I’m pretty good”.
This is the second major title together for the top-seeded team of Mahut and Herbert, who won the U.S. Open previous year. “I think I played what I could today”.
No, she has contended, she wasn’t thinking about 22, although it turns out she was.
“I do that a lot”.
“It’s always an honour to play against her and it’s the best feeling to play here on Centre Court”.
Steffi Graf congratulated Serena Williams on equalling her 22 Grand Slam wins.
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From there, Williams dominated in the second set, putting home two aces in her final service game, and sealing victory with a powerful backhand to take home the title. She was awarded the title after her astounding performance in 2015. And then its like when you taste something that tastes so good, you want it again and again and again, so it gets a little addicting..
