SerenaSlam: Williams Aims for 6th Wimbledon Title
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Serena Williams could win her 6th Wimbledon title and
complete a #SerenaSlam in the final on Saturday after beating rival Maria
Sharapova with a 6–2 6–4 victory – extending her winning run against the
Russian to 17 matches over 11 years.
Sharapova became the 3rd youngest winner in Wimbledon
history when she beat Williams 6–1 6–4 in 2004 aged just 17 years and 2 months.
But apart from one other victory that year at the WTA Finals, Sharapova – then
ranked world No17 – has not managed to beat Williams since. Despite her dismal
record against Williams, Sharapova was hopeful that she could put an end to her
16-match losing run and reach her first Wimbledon final since 2011. "I think
it’s always a new match," she told BBC Sport. "I haven’t had great success
against her. I would love to change that around."
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Serena came back to beat Sharapova 2–6 7–5 8–6 in the
semi-final of the 2005 Australian Open, fighting back from a set down to even
out their budding rivalry. She went on to defeat top seeded Lindsay Davenport
2–6 6–3 6–0 in the final to win her second Australian Open title. In a
one-sided gold medal match at the 2012 Olympics, Williams beat down Sharapova in
a straight set win to become the second woman to complete a career Golden Slam
– an Olympic gold, plus wins in all 4 Grand Slam tournaments. She overpowered
Sharapova in another straight set win 6–4 6–4 to capture her second French Open
title in 2013.
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Sharapova was taken the full distance by American Coco
Vandeweghe to reach her 5th Wimbledon semi-final on Tuesday. The Russian No4
survived a seven-minute opening game to take control of the first set. She
remained dominant at the start of the second set but slipped away and
Vandeweghe took the tie-break to set up a decider. Sharapova regrouped in the
last set and grunted her way to victory 6–3 6–7 (3–7) 6–2.
You can hardly call the noise Sharapova makes while playing tennis a grunt. It's more so a howl of a she-beast as it prowls in the night.
— Tyler Shurley (@theshurls) July 7, 2015
— Richard WhiteheadMBE (@Marathonchamp) July 7, 2015
Williams recovered from a set down to defeat Belarusian
Victoria Azarenka 3–6 6–2 6–3 in their quarter-final – her 26th consecutive win
at the majors since Wimbledon 2014. But first she had to beat British No1
Heather Watson in a close third-round match on Friday. The 23-year-old battled
back from a one-sided first set to win 6 straight games in the second set, but
Williams managed to take the decider to win 6–2 4–6 7–5.
Serena’s sister and former world No1 Venus also failed to
stop her 12-month run when they met for the 26th time in the fourth round on
Monday. Venus, 35, has won 11 of the sisters’ contests, including their last
match in Montreal last summer.
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Williams will face Spain’s Garbiñe Muguruza in the final. Muguruza
beat Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6–2 3–6 6–3 to reach her first ever Grand
Slam title yesterday. The Spanish newcomer led by a set but Radwanska came back
to win 6 straight games and level out at one set all. Muguruza held her nerve
and set up a 4–2 lead. Radwanska had two break points at deuce in the final
game when she challenged a Muguruza shot that just clipped the line. The
Spaniard took the advantage and won the next match point to become the first
Spanish female finalist since Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario in 1996.
19 years! @GarbiMuguruza is 1st 🇪🇸Spaniard🇪🇸 to reach @Wimbledon final since 1996-> http://t.co/oqZiTmqj26 #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/CqZ9bjjaRT
— WTA (@WTA) July 9, 2015
Now, Muguruza – who stunned Williams in the second round of the French Open last year – could become Spain’s first women’s champion since Conchita Martínez in 1994. |
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