Serena Williams
Serena Williams wins seventh
Wimbledon, her record-tying
22nd major title
game, set
. . . finally matched.
With a dominating performance Saturday, Serena Williams claimed the 22nd
Grand Slam title of her career, matching
Steffi Graf’s Open-era record and achieving a goal that taunted her for nearly a year.
Williams defeated
Germany’s
Angelique Kerber, 7-5, 6-3, to win the women’s
singles at Wimbledon for a seventh time, putting the finishing touches on a tournament in which she lost just one set.
After she punched the clinching volley to a spot unreachable by
Kerber, Williams tossed up her racket, raised her arms and allowed herself to tumble back onto the grass, lying there for several moments in a mixture of exhaustion and elation. The elusive 22nd major win came on the heels of Williams’ losing in the finals of the
U.S.,
Australian and
French opens — getting oh so close, only to come up with warning-track power at the biggest moments.
“My goal is to win at least a
Slam a year,” she said. “It was getting down to the pressure.”
By lying on
Centre Court and basking in the applause, Williams wasn’t just celebrating winning Wimbledon, but at long last equaling the record Graf has held for 17 years. Williams is 22-6 in
Grand Slam finals, meaning half of those losses came in the past 10 months.
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- published: 10 Jul 2016
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