Serena Williams wins Ladies’ Wimbledon Championship
Serena Williams wins the 2015 Ladies’ title of The Championships, Wimbledon.
History was made on Saturday, as Serena Williams defeated Garbine Muguruza to win the Ladies’ title at The Championships, Wimbledon. It wasn’t easy for the champion, but after being pushed around early she would eventually gain form and claim the major in straight sets.
Williams won the pre-match coin flip and selected to serve. Showing some early nerves, she was broken by Murguruza in her opening service game, and then fell 0-2. Williams’ serve was erratic, and in the first set she had more double faults (4) to aces (3) with fewer that 50% of her first serves landing in.
Finally, midway through the first set, as we’ve seen time and again, Williams flipped her championship switch and began to overpower the young Spaniard. Williams would win the first set 6-4, and push out to a commanding lead in the second. Muguruza put up a valiant effort by breaking back midway through the second set, but ultimately could not climb out of the hole. Williams would go on to win the championship 6-4, 6-4.
For Muguruza, though the outcome was undoubtedly disappointing, she can hold her head high. The 21-year-old went toe-to-toe with, arguably, the greatest women’s player ever during, arguably, the most dominant stretch in Williams’ career. This was the coming out moment for a player who will undoubtedly see many more Grand Slam finals (and future championships) throughout her career.
For Williams, the “S-word” can now be spoken – Serena Slam. For the second time in her illustrious career Williams holds all four Grand Slam titles at the same time. She now sits at 21 individual major championships, one behind the modern era leader Steffi Graf. Come September at the U.S. Open, Serena will have a chance to tie Graf and also go for the calendar slam – she would be only the fourth woman ever to do such a feat – in front of a home New York City crowd.
Let the discussion begin as to whether Serena Williams is the greatest women’s tennis player in history.