Kerber eyes sustained Grand Slam success

Williams is 22-6 in Grand Slam finals, meaning half of those losses came in the past 10 months. Obviously had some really tough losses.

After she punched the clinching volley to a spot unreachable by Kerber, Williams tossed up her racket, raised her arms and allowed herself to tumble back onto the grass, lying there for several moments in a mixture of exhaustion and elation. Just hours before today’s doubles, Serena dominated and won her match against Kerber while also earning her 22nd Grand Slam title.

“It makes the victory even sweeter to know how hard I worked hard for it”, she told the BBC.

“I definitely had some sleepless nights, if I’m honest”. With a lot of stuff coming so close and feeling it and not being able to quite get there but my goal is always to win at least one grand slam a year.

Williams won her 21st singles major a year ago by beating Spain’s Garbine Muguruza at Wimbledon.

At a time when people talk about women’s tennis getting new champions, one should not be surprised if Serena keeps going. She won 38 of 43 first-serve points.

Angelique Kerber is keen to reach Grand Slam finals on a regular basis after losing the final of Wimbledon to Serena Williams. And that moved them into second place on the Open era list of Major doubles champions: Only Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver, with 20, have won more.

Serena Williams of The United States celebrates victory following The Ladies Singles Final against Angelique Kerber of Germany on day twelve of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 9, 2016 in London, England.

Williams had lost back-to-back Grand Slam finals before her triumph at Wimbledon.

‘I think that really just shows the human side of me.

There was little sign of self-doubt, however, during another dominant display against Kerber and Williams insists her motivation to add more silverware to her collection remains as strong as ever.

As Beyoncé took some took time out from the U.K leg of her European Tour to support her “Sorry” co- star, she joined husband JAY Z and apparently arrived by helicopter to make the match and cheer on Williams. Yet by Wimbledon, and by Saturday, she had restored her air of invulnerability, even against the all-grown-up Grand Slam mentality of Kerber, and largely because she had the one component that mattered most: her serve.

With a stunning win against Serena in Melbourne, the German walked on court full of belief – winning the opening point with a cleanly struck forehand.

Williams, patrolling her baseline with menace, bit into the Kerber serve in the second game but failed to convert any of the three break points she had. Williams tweeted. On Saturday, she spoke more about the events in Dallas and around the country.

In singles, Williams got better as the tournament went along, taking the last 12 sets she played after dropping a tiebreaker to open her second-round match against Christina McHale. According to the Russian tennis player the prize money between men and women should be fair, because the quality of the product is the same (and considering today’s final between Serena and Kerber this is true), And so it is right to receive the same prize.