Kerber spoils Serena's story offer at Wimbledon

NEW CHAMPION. The German Angelique Kerber poses with the winner's trophy, the Venus Rosewater Dish, after the final victory of her women's singles against American star Serena Williams. Photo by Oli Scarff / AFP

LONDON, UK – Angelique Kerber is the first German to win Wimbledon for 22 years while the 11th seed has broken Serena Williams' bid for history Grand Slam 6-3, 6-3 win in last Saturday, July 14th.

Kerber avenged his defeat against Williams in the 2016 Wimbledon title match, crushing the champion 7 times with a stunning 65-minute surprise on Center Court. "It was my second chance to play in the final, I think I'm next after Steffi who won."

Williams had hoped to equal Margaret Court's record of 24 Grand Slam titles by winning her first grand prize since she became a mother in September.

The 36-year-old, who won a Grand Slam at the 2017 Omnium in the final as the title favorite, even though she was playing only the 4th tournament of his

Instead, the No. 10 global Kerber made a huge surprise, making her the first female champion of Germany at the All England Club since Steffi Graf in 1996.

"It's obviously disappointing but I'm starting to trouble, "said an emotional Williams after losing in the Wimbledon final for the first time since 2008.

" For all the moms out there, I was playing for you … I really tried it. "[19659006] Graf helped Kerber put his game on the right track earlier in his career, so it was a particularly sweet time for the thirty-something to follow in his footsteps at Wimbledon.

Kerber had endured last year, after winning his senior titles at the Australian and American championships, she experienced a significant drop.

But, back at Wimbledon, she only needed 11 winners and an ace to deny a strangely nervous Williams, who contributed to her own downfall with 24 direct errors, versus just 5 from Kerber.

In the first Wimbledon final for 41 years with two women aged 30 and over, Williams was cheered by her friend the Duchess of Sussex. , golf legend Tiger Woods and the ace of the Lewis Hamilton Formula 1.

Needing several rescue operations to counter the threat of blood clots after the birth of Olympia, Williams was unable to walk for 6 weeks and is still haunted by flashbacks at this time. [19659006] Error-Spread

Winning Wimbledon with Olympia at the tournament with her was supposed to be the crowning of her return to the top.

But, prefiguring the coming pain, Williams & # 39; The 30th Grand Slam final had a difficult start to the season as she gave up her serve with 4 unforced errors in the opening match.

The match started two hours late due to Novak Djokovic's victory over Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals. That's Williams who seemed more affected by the delay

She briefly fought back, breaking to love in the 4th game, but then produced another dizzying effort, including two double fouls, to give Kerber a 4-3 lead.

Even though Williams was on a winning run of 20 games at Wimbledon and that she had lost only one set en route to the final, she was completely out of state to hurt, spraying from time to time many blows of stick.

Kerber, skillfully moving Williams into uncomfortable positions, took full advantage, winning four straight games to clinch the set.

The 11th seeded knew what it took to beat Williams in a Grand Slam after winning their 2016 The Final of the Australian Open

She continued to harass Williams and led to more fouls on the part of the American in the sixth game of the second set.

On the verge of break, the southpaw dropped the line that let Williams seize in vain to reach it.

When Williams made another mistake to lose the next game, she motioned to her coaching team with a lookout.

His agony only increased with a lamentable volley flew long to put Kerber at two points from the title.

Moments later, Williams' misery was complete while a tame return left Kerber wiping his tears of joy. – Rappler.com