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WIMBLEDON, England – Ten and a half months after giving birth to his daughter, Serena Williams is in the Wimbledon Finals
Williams beat German Julia Görges, 6-2, 6-4, on Thursday her first tournament final since she won the Open 2017 Australia while she was two months pregnant.
Being a finalist at the All England Club is a familiar position for Williams, who won the singles trophy seven times here.
only the fourth since returning from maternity leave, was a whole new experience
Williams, 36, is ranked 181st, but received seed No. 25 here. Then all the seeds of the first 10 women lost before the quarterfinals. The 13th seed, Görges, was the only top-50 player that Williams has faced up to here.
Williams also talked about her daughter's first steps because she was training. She discussed badfeeding and postpartum depression at press conferences.
And she downplayed her expectations by saying that she was just happy to be back, that she did not need to win. But on Saturday, she will play her 24th Grand Slam title, which will tie Margaret Court's record.
Williams will face Angelique Kerber, who defeated Jelena Ostapenko, 6-3, 6-3, in the other semifinal on Thursday.
Kerber, 30, is a two-time Grand Slam champion. She beat Williams in the 2016 Australian Open final, then lost her in the Wimbledon final that year. Two months later, Kerber wins the United States Open
. She also ranks first, but the pressure to support the best season of her career weighs heavily on her. In 2017, she failed to pbad the fourth round at any major and her ranking dropped to No. 21.
But under her new coach, Wim Fissette, Kerber returned to the form.
After the 12th head Ostapenko took a 3-2 lead in the first set, Kerber won the next seven games to take control of the match. Ostapenko gave him a lot of help, stacking 36 unforced errors to Kerber's seven during the match.
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