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You are here: Home / Features / Serena Williams Wins Wimbledon Title, Tying Steffi Graf with 22 Major Titles

Serena Williams Wins Wimbledon Title, Tying Steffi Graf with 22 Major Titles

July 9, 2016 by Tennis Panorama News

Magnificent seven…

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— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 9, 2016

(July 9, 2016) Serena Williams defeated Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-3 to win her seventh Wimbledon title and her 22nd major to equal the Open Era record of Steffi Graf on Saturday. This match was a rematch of the Australian Open final back in January, this time, Williams won the match.

Margaret court, holder of 24 majors is the all-time leader, as most of her titles came before Open Era began in 1968.

With the win the 34-year-old Williams is the oldest woman to win a major.

Kerber earns a 1st break point &…. Serena fires back-to-back aces to get her out of trouble. Sensational tennis. pic.twitter.com/GkzlbsYjl8

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 9, 2016

Williams reached 21 majors at last year’s Wimbledon. She lost in the semis of the U.S. Open, having won the first three majors of 2015. She fell in the finals of of the first two majors of 2016, the Australian Open and Roland Garros.

The world No. 1 dominated the match with her serving, hitting 13 aces, winning 38 out of 43 points on her first serve. She hit a total of 39 winners (including the aces) with 24 unforced errors, winning a total of 72 points. She was 2 for 6 on break point chances. The American broke the German’s serve in the 12th game of the first set and the eighth game of the second set.

Serena’s first interview as a 22-time Grand Slam champion…#Wimbledon https://t.co/VhHRZOyORI

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 9, 2016

“You know I love playing her,” Williams said during the trophy presentation. “She brings out the best tennis out of me. And off the court she is a great person.”

“It’s been incredibly difficult not to think about (winning major No. 22). I’ve had two tries this year and lost to two incredibly difficult opponents, one is Angelique actually.”

“It makes the victory even sweeter to know how hard I had to work for it.”

“It was really super competitive,” Williams said later on ESPN. “I think the difference was I knew I needed to hold serve today because I really wasn’t feeling her serve well. The conditions were windy, so I absolutely had to hold serve.”

“This court definitely feels like home. In fact I have a match later in doubles!”

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It was a double win for Serena as she and her sister Venus went on to win their 14 major doubles title together as well as their sixth Wimbledon title beating fifth seeds Timea Babos of Hungary and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-4. the Williams sisters are now a perfect 14-0 in major doubles finals as a duo

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Filed Under: Features, Front Page News, tennis news, tournament coverage, tournaments Tagged With: Angelique Kerber, Serena Williams, Steffi Graf, tennis, tennis news, Tennis Panorama News, The Championships, Wimbledon

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