세레나 윌리엄스, 윔블던 테니스 6번째 우승 Wimbledon 2015: Serena Williams wins title to complete 'Serena Slam(VIDEO)
스페인의 '가르비네 무구루사'(22·20위) 2-0(6-4 6-4) 완파
12년만에 메이저대회 4연속 우승
통산 6번째 윌블던 테니스 정상에 오른 세레나 윌리엄스. 출처 데일리메일
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세레나 윌리엄스(34·미국)가 2015 윔블던 테니스를 제패, 12년만에 메이저대회 4연속 우승의 금자탑을 세웠다. 세계랭킹 1위인 윌리엄스는 11일 영국 윔블던의 올잉글랜드클럽에서 열린 대회 여자 단식 결승에서 스페인의 가르비네 무구루사(22·20위)를 2-0(6-4 6-4)로 완파하고 정상에 올랐다. 이로써 윌리엄스는 2002~2003년, 2009~2010년, 2012년 우승에 이어 개인 통산 6번째 윔블던 우승 트로피를 들어올렸다. 윌리엄스는 또 지난해 US오픈부터 올 시즌 호주오픈과 프랑스오픈에 이어 메이저대회 4연속 우승을 차지하는 세레나 슬램을 달성했다. 윌리엄스는 지난 2002년 프랑스오픈부터 2003년 호주오픈까지 잇따라 제패, 연도에 관계없이 4개 메이저대회를 연속 우승하는 것을 일컫는 세레나 슬램이라는 신조어를 탄생시킨지 12년 만에 스스로 그 위업을 재현했다. 메이저대회 여자 단식 최고령 챔피언 기록까지 세운 윌리엄스는 무구루사를 압도했다. 윌리엄스는 1세트에서 무구루사의 패기에 말려 0-2까지 밀렸지만 이후 저력을 발휘, 4-4 동률을 이룬 뒤 세트를 따냈다. 윌리엄스는 2세트에서도 서브 에이스 9개를 기록하며 1시간 20여분만에 승부를 마무리했다. (서울=뉴스1) |
Wimbledon 2015: Serena Williams wins title to complete 'Serena Slam
Ravi Ubha, CNN
Wimbledon, England (CNN)—Last year at Wimbledon after exiting to Alize Cornet in the third round, Serena Williams declared: "I know I can do better."
On Saturday at the All England Club came the exclamation point to her turnaround.
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Williams defeated promising Spaniard Garbine Muguruza 6-4 6-4 in southwest London to complete the "Serena Slam" -- winning four straight majors -- for the second time and is now well on the way to making more history at the season's final grand slam.
"I honestly wouldn't have thought last year after winning the U.S. Open I would win the Serena Slam at all," Williams, emulating her feat of 2002-2003, told reporters. "It's super exciting."
Grand Slam bid
If the American triumphs at the U.S. Open -- and the odds might be stacked in her favor given the 33-year-old is the three-time defending champion -- she would become the first player since Steffi Graf in 1988 to complete the calendar-year grand slam.
A victory would, too, draw the world No. 1 level with Graf on an Open Era leading 22 majors.
Wow! Huge congrats to @SerenaWilliams for her win at Wimbledon. We're all so proud of you! -mo
— The First Lady (@FLOTUS) July 11, 2015It didn't take long, Williams admitted, before New York crept into her mind.
"I did the whole presentation, I did the whole walk around the court," said Williams. "I was peaceful, feeling really good. Maybe a little after that I started thinking about New York."
Her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, made an early request to U.S. fans to back Williams in September.
"I think if the crowd helps her, it's going to be a plus," the Frenchman told a small group of reporters. "So of course I expect the American crowd to be the best ever for her because to have an American player like her who is probably the greatest (in) history writing history at the U.S. Open is huge, and I hope the American crowd will be so proud of that that they will help her."
Oldest winner
As if achieving another "Serena Slam" wasn't enough, Williams also surpassed Martina Navratilova by nearly four weeks as the oldest women's grand slam winner in the Open Era.
One of the keys to her longevity? Freshening up her workouts.
"Right now I'm dancing a lot," said Williams.
The 21-year-old Muguruza, appearing in her first grand slam final, wept in her chair afterward but shouldn't feel disheartened. It's not very often that Williams loses grand slam finals: She improved to 21-4, last tasting defeat at the 2011 U.S. Open against Samantha Stosur.
Muguruza didn't go away tamely, either, making matters interesting after trailing 5-1 in the second.
The 20th seed won plenty of new fans with her performance at tennis' grandest arena.
"I don't feel disappointment but you never know how many chances you're going to have to play a final in a grand slam," Muguruza, who will move inside the world's top 10, told reporters. "But if you have to choose who to win or who to lose to, I would choose Serena."
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