Serena Williams Wins Sixth Wimbledon For Historic 21st Grand Slam

It happened so anti-climatically, Serena Williams and the gathered crowd at the All England Club were almost unsure if it was actually over. Williams had just won a historic 21st Grand Slam in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 over 20th ranked Garbine Muguruza to claim her sixth Wimbledon trophy.

The number one ranked player in the world, and Southern California native, just had too much firepower for the Spaniard despite being broken in the initial service game. Williams would go on to get the break back and win the first set 6-4.

I definitely felt a little pressure toward the end. – Serena Williams

In the second set, Williams leapt out to a crushing lead, going up 5-1 with a chance to serve for the championship. The story then took a troublesome turn for the American as she was broken twice by Muguruza to cut her lead to 5-4. After cruising to what looked to be a smooth lead, the Spaniard had seemingly fought herself back into the match.

As long as it took to reach the end, the final game of the championship ended rather quickly. When Wiliams finally won the set at 40-love, the hushed crowd was slow to react. There was a pause on both sides after the final point in which neither Williams or Muguruza reacted to the end. The crowd went noticeably silent as it seemed that all parties involved were unsure if the game was truly over so briefly after it had taken Williams so long to finally close out the set.

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It was not until after Williams returned to her bag on the sideline that she showed the elation of her historic victory and the gathered fans cheered her success.

After the match, Muguruza gave full respect to Serena Williams and congratulated her on showing why she was the world number one. Serena reciprocated the sentiment in her own speech in calling the Spaniard a champion and that she would hold the trophy herself “very, very, soon.”

If Williams was feeling the pressure during the match, she seemed more than ready to breath the sigh of relief when it was finally done. Williams jumped ecstatically after processing the victory to the delight of the crowd. As she left the court she played to the cameras in balancing the Venus Rosewater Dish on her head as she walked into the champions hallway with a delighted expression.

The victory caps off a stunning run to the final for Williams as she completes the “Serena-Slam” of holding all four majors at the same time. She overcame a big match in the third round where she saved a set point against Heather Watson before prevailing in three sets. She faced her sister Venus in the fourth round and won in straight sets. In the quarterfinals she had a rematch of her 2013 U.S. Open final against Victoria Azarenka. Although the Belarussian pushed Williams to three sets, the American prevailed once again. In the semifinal she played close to a perfect match to dispatch rival Maria Sharapova in straight sets.