Posted on 07/07/2012 10:59:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Serena Williams, who had already eliminated defending Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and second-seeded Victoria Azarenka, who had won this season's first major title at the Australian Open, took down third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska on Saturday to win her fifth Wimbledon title and her career 14th major championship.
Williams, who had last won a Grand Slam title here two years ago, first overpowered and then outlasted the 23-year-old Radwanska, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2. Radwanska was playing in her first Grand Slam final.
Shortly after Williams, 30, dominated the 2010 Wimbledon championships, she had a foot injury that required surgery and then a pulmonary embolism that combined to keep her away from tennis for almost a year.
She made her return to majors tennis here a year ago but was upset in the fourth round. Williams suffered an unexpectedly decisive loss in the finals of the 2011 U.S. Open to Samantha Stosur, then lost in the fourth round of the 2012 Australian Open and in the first round of the French Open last May.
But Williams, seeded sixth, overpowered the field here. In the second game of the second set against the Radwanska, Williams set a new Wimbledon women's record with her 90th ace and that stellar serving kept all her opponents off balance.
Williams got better as the tournament progressed. She survived 25th-seeded Jie Zheng of China by winning 6-7 (5), 6-2, 9-7 in the third round and she needed all three sets to win her fourth-round match against Yaroslava Shvedova, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5.
"I can't even describe it. I almost didn't make it," Williams said. "A few years ago, you know, I was in the hospital, and now I'm here again. It's so worth it, and I'm so happy."
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She has man arms......the steroids kicked in pretty hard.
Sorry, I like my lady to be,well,lady like.
That Polish chick is a very good player.
That Polish chick was suffering this week from a respiritory infection that caused her breathing problems, had her in tears during the game, and was so severe that on Friday rumours abounded that she was have to forfeit her place in the final to her defeated s-f opponent.
That Polish chick showed great bravery to play, let alone win a set.
and then she does the CRIP DANCE ( ie, the CRIP gang)when she wins???
You just can’t take the ghetto out of the girl...shameful.
Well, I guess I just don’t get that this the “culture”..and you wonder why Chicago has the murder rate it does.
Although I don’t like her either and don’t think she is a good role model..I do respect her playing ability and drive.
She won a gold too!
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