Serena Williams overcomes broken heart to achieve true glory in Wimbledon final

“We played a great match”, said Kerber. It was getting down to the pressure”, – said Serena, who speaking in detail about that US Open semifinal added: “I don’t think it shook me. “But it makes the victory even sweeter to know how hard I worked for it and being here to receive my 22nd Grand Slam title is awesome”.

Williams is 22-6 in grand slam finals, but she had lost her previous two – beaten by Kerber at the Australian Open and Garbine Muguruza at Roland Garros.

Kerber did earn one solitary break point in the seventh game – her only one of the match – but Williams was able to respond with an ace down the line to snuff out the danger in an instant.

Mouratoglou, the coach who has helped to propel Serena to greatness with an incredible nine grand slam titles out of 17 since they joined forces in the summer of 2012, had left it 15 days after her US Open disappointment before speaking to her again, during which Williams was struggling to cope with going so close to a goal, and failing.

Williams defeated Germany’s Angelique Kerber, 7-5, 6-3, to win the women’s singles at Wimbledon for a seventh time, putting the finishing touches on a tournament in which she lost just one set. “I’m really giving”, she answered when asked to describe Serena Williams the woman.

Reuters reported the first set was a fierce back-and-forth battle, but that Williams capitalized midway through the second set for the victory. Thereafter it went on serve till 5-6 when a couple of untimely errors from the German World No. 3 gave Williams two set points.

For her singles final, Williams had a star-studded cheering section.

There’s no question she was best on the court Saturday, avenging her loss to Kerber in the Australian Open final in January.

“This court definitely feels like home. I think she will go far because she wants to do it”. In Melbourne I thought I played well but obviously Kerber played better. “Honestly, I havent really had time to think about it or see it. Im still living in those emotions right now, so Im not quite sure.”.

The recent fatal police shootings of two black men and the attack in Dallas make Serena Williams worry about her nephews. But they were unseeded this time because they play doubles so infrequently, and their most recent Grand Slam title before Saturday had come four years ago at the All England Club.

At 1-2 in the second set, the fourth seeded underdog produced the shot of the match, crushing a backhand victor from well outside the doubles alley. Said another Facebook admirer: “I love the way LeBron spoke up about Trayvon Martin, and I loved Allen Iverson for all that he overcame to get where he got”.

Elder sister Venus was sitting in Serena’ player box, along with Beyonce and Jay Z, and later in the day they combined to win the ladies doubles title, 6-3 6-4 over Timea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova. “I knew I needed to keep calm, be confident and just play the tennis I’ve been playing for a decade”. “It’s about how you show up and represent, and Serena is definitely one of ours”.