Wimbledon 2015: Women’s Final Winner, Score and Twitter Reaction

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Published: July 11, 2015

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Serena Williams defeated Garbine Muguruza 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday to claim the sixth Wimbledon championship of her career and her 21st Grand Slam trophy overall.

The women's world No. 1 now holds all four Grand Slam titles following Saturday's triumph, and the official Wimbledon Twitter account noted Williams' historic win:




While this was Williams' eighth career visit to the Wimbledon final, Saturday's duel was Muguruza's first appearance in any major final.

Now 21 years old, the Spaniard was still a child when Williams won the U.S. Open in 1999, her first major victory at the age of 17, as relayed by Bet365:



In order to contend against the power of her opponent, Muguruza required a fast start to the contest, and she duly delivered by breaking serve in the opening game.

Ben Rothenberg of the New York Times recorded the initial upset that put the European in the ascendancy, but Williams' past victims had fallen to her comeback potential:



It's been a running theme throughout this year's competition, as well as others, that some of the women's contenders raise the on-court volume perhaps in a bid to rattle their opponents.

Tennis writer Chris Goldsmith hinted that was perhaps Williams' tactic to intimidate Muguruza, who found herself holding down a lead as the first set progressed:



Muguruza maintained that stride until a crucial loss of serve in the eighth game saw Williams draw level at four games apiece; the heavy favorite pulled ahead 5-4 when it came her turn to serve again.

With some of the biggest names in pop culture among her crew of acquaintances, Williams' box showed just what a powerful figure she is in tennis, sport and beyond:



Having broken Williams early on, Muguruza was crushed to suffer two breaks on the bounce and lose the first set with successive defeat...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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