Serena Williams (L) of the United States and Angelique Kerber of Germany pose with their trophies after the women’s singles final on Day 12 at The Championships Wimbledon 2016 in London, Britain on July 9, 2016.
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Williams won 38 of 43 points on her first serve and faced only one break point, at 3-3 in the second set, which she saved with one of the 13 aces she delivered.
Williams defeated Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-3 to win her second consecutive and seventh overall Wimbledon title, according to The Associated Press.
After that came defeats for Williams in two Grand Slam finals, against Kerber at the Australian Open, then against Garbine Muguruza at Roland Garros.
Serena Williams (R) and her sister Venus celebrate winning the doubles title at Wimbledon for the si …
“It’s been incredibly hard not to think about it”, Williams said about win No. 22 during an on-court interview after the match. She played really well and every single point I really had to work for and nothing was given to me so it made for a really good match.
“Trying so hard to get there, finally being able to match history, is pretty awesome“, she said of her historic win.
“In those moments I have to come off and just be like, ‘do you know what you’ve done, who you are and what you continue to do, not only in tennis, but off the court as well?” “One thing I learned about previous year is to enjoy the moment”.
Always been thought to be the greatest player of the Open era, she’s about to have the record to back it up. The second set was wrapped up in just 20 minutes with breaks in the first, third and fifth games. She volleyed well, too, winning the point on 16 of 22 trips to the net, including a tap-in on match point. I just learned to just play tennis.
Williams has been chasing this goal since previous year, but had to suffer through losses at both the Australian and French Opens.
“Didn’t Stefanie Graf win seven?”
It was no surprise, therefore, that Mouratoglou was mightily relieved with Saturday’s triumph because had she lost, it would have been the first time since 2011 that Williams would not have held at least one grand slam title.
‘I asked him what that meant and he said that he felt I was different when I sent that text and he was very encouraged by it.
No, she has contended, she wasn’t thinking about 22, although it turns out she was.
As for Serena in singles, she is an unbelievable 22-6 lifetime in major title matches. In Melbourne I thought I played well but obviously Kerber played better.
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Appearing in his 11th final at the majors, but his first against an opponent other than Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, the Scot shattered Raonic’s hopes of becoming the first Canadian to win a grand slam crown. “I think we both play at a high level”. But at the end I tried everything and this is what I told myself when I went into the match.
