Serena Williams wins 6th Wimbledon title, completes 'Serena Slam'

Serena Williams wins 6th Wimbledon title, completes 'Serena Slam'

Saturday, July 11, 2015 3:46 pm


Serena lifts the Wimbledon trophy

Serena lifts the Wimbledon trophy

#SerenaWilliams has won her sixth Wimbledon title, beating Spanish star, 20th seed, Garbine Muguruza, 6-4, 6-4.

The victory gave her all the 4 Grand slams available, having won the Australian Open, French Open and the US open last year.

But it was not a walk in the park for Miss Williams. Garbine made her sweat hard for it.

Serena was serving 5-1 for the championship, when she suddenly snapped into a ‘Serena slump’, losing the game and allowing Garbine win the next two games, including breaking her for the second time in the set to make the scoreline, 5-4.

But Serena stepped up her game again, snatching victory on Garbine’s serve to win another historic ‘Serena Slam’.

There was no shortage of drama during the match.

Playing in the first Grand Slam final of her blossoming career, the No.20-seeded Muguruza came out on fire, breaking in the very first game of the match then holding for 2-0. And she held onto that break for a few more games – she extended that 2-0 lead to 3-1 and even 4-2, just a few games from the set.

But the No.1-seeded Williams came alive from there, winning five games in a row to build a 6-4, 1-0 lead, and then, after Muguruza held to even it up, 1-1, she reeled off four straight games for a 5-1 lead.

Serena Williams: completes Serena Slam 2

Serena Williams: completes Serena Slam 2

It wasn’t over at all – Muguruza clawed back, winning the next three games to close the gap to 5-4, but Williams summoned up one last break of serve to clinch the match and the championships, 6-4, 6-4.

“I’m very happy and proud to be playing in front of this amazing crowd,” Muguruza said of her first Grand Slam final in an interview with BBC’s Sue Barker . “I love to play on big courts, and a Grand Slam final is just a dream come true for me.

“But I also want to say congratulations to Serena. She’s showing us she’s still World No.1.”

“GarbiƱe played so well,” Williams said. “I didn’t even know it was over – she was fighting so hard at the end. Congratulations – don’t be sad, you’ll be holding this trophy very, very soon, believe me!

“I can’t believe I’m standing here with another Serena Slam. It’s really cool. And the crowd helped me through it – I heard all the ‘I love yous’ and I love you more! It’s such an honor. It feels so good.”

Serena Slam 1 consisted of the 2002 French Open, 2002 Wimbledon, 2002 US Open and 2003 Australian Open, and Serena Slam 2 is the 2014 US Open, 2015 Australian Open, 2015 French Open and 2015 Wimbledon.

Williams’ 21 total Grand Slam titles is second-most in the Open Era, after Steffi Graf’s 22, and third-most all-time, after Graf’s 22 and Margaret Court’s 24. She’s just the second woman all-time to win four or more Grand Slam titles in a row twice – Graf also accomplished the feat twice in her career.

And at 33 years and 289 days, the World No.1 is also the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era, beating Martina Navratilova’s record of 33 years and 263 days at Wimbledon back in 1990.

Additional reports by wtatennis.com


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