Serena Williams wins her fourth consecutive Grand Slam title

PanARMENIAN.Net - Serena Williams won her fourth consecutive Grand Slam title and 21st of her career on Saturday, July 11, by beating Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain, 6-4, 6-4, at Wimbledon. It is her sixth Wimbledon championship, the Washington Post reports.

The match didn’t go exactly as planned for Williams, the No. 1 seed, who lost her first service game when Muguruza, the 20th seed, found a way to break her. Part of that was because of Williams’s own unforced errors. In the first four games of the first set, she had already tallied six compared to Muguruza’s one. Williams was able to turn the tide, however, later in the set when she broke Muguruza with some long rallies, the report says.

Williams uncharacteristically struggled with her serves in the first set. She had more double faults, four, than aces, three, which left much room to improve.

And it would largely stay that way throughout the second set.

Although Williams tallied nine aces, Maguruza managed to break her twice on long rallies, including one nail-biter that lasted 14 shots, the Washington Post says.

The crowd was also on Maguruza’s side in the second set, except for celebrities Anna Wintour and Drake, who cheered Williams on from her family box.

Despite Maguruza’s momentum, Williams was able to break her opponent again to claim the win, her second career “Serena Slam,” having maintained an undefeated record since winning last year’s U.S. Open and this year’s Australian and French Opens.

There was an awkward moment at the end of the match, with Williams, Muguruza and the crowd largely not realizing the match was over.

But after a quiet pause, Williams leaped to celebrate and the crowd applauded.

“I can’t believe I’m standing here with another ‘Serena Slam,’ ” she said after collecting her trophy. “It’s pretty cool.”

Williams also complimented her opponent, who put up one heck of a fight at the end of the match.

“Don’t be sad, you’ll be holding this trophy soon,” Williams, 33, told the 21-year-old Muguruza and the crowd. “Believe me.”

Muguruza shed tears when she collected the runner-up trophy, but expressed gratitude to the crowd and Williams when asked to say a few words.

“A Grand Slam final to me is a dream come true,” Muguruza said. “I also want to say congratulations to Serena who’s showing us she’s world No. 1.”

“I’m very proud,” Muguruza said. “The amazing crowd, they support me so much.”