Serena Williams Wins 21st Grand Slam, 6th Wimbledon Title, 4th Straight Grand Slam
Serena
Williams won her sixth Wimbledon title Saturday, cruising past
21-year-old Garbine Muguruza in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. The win gives
Williams her 21st Grand Slam title, second all-time only to Steffi
Graf’s 22 in the Open era.
The
championship was all but handed to Williams after the semifinals, when
she dismantled oft-unworthy foil Maria Sharapova to set up a showdown
with the No. 20 seed in Muguruza. Perhaps this made Serena a little too
relaxed for her final match. Her serve was a little off, and it looks
like she may have forgotten when it was championship point, much to the
confusion of her supporters:
But you can
do whatever the hell you want when you’re arguably the most dominant
tennis player ever. Williams’s run is unprecedented. Her first Wimbledon
title came in 2002, when she defeated sister Venus at the age of 20 to
claim the world’s No. 1 ranking. Thirteen years later, Williams is the
oldest No. 1 ranked player in WTA history, and she shows no signs of
slowing down. The Wimbledon win also means, for the first time in 12
years, Williams is the owner of all four Grand Slam titles, a ridiculous
accomplishment in the sport at age 33.
Williams is
near the top of her game, at the top of her sport, and dominating in a
way that is unprecedented for someone this late in their career. At this
point, it’s hard to imagine her doing anything besides continuing to
wreck fools who try standing in her way. Of course, we’re closer to the
end of Serena’s career than to the beginning, which makes it extra
special—even when Williams is still the runaway favorite–to watch her
consistent brilliance on the court.
Enjoy it while you can.
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