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Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber after the women's final of 2016 at Wimbledon. (Glyn Kirk / AFP / Getty Images)
The Royals Are Here
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, are present to attend the women's final. The Duchess of Sussex and Serena Williams are close friends. Meghan came to Wimbledon in 2016 to support Williams, and Williams attended the Duchess's wedding to Prince Harry in May.
The Duchess of Cambridge, labeled as a tennis fan, became the patron of Wimbledon in December 2016, relieving Queen Elizabeth II of
Serena arrives
Before her match against Angelique Kerber, Serena Williams prepares to the last minute. The match will begin after the conclusion of the second men's final match between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.
Wimbledon Women's Single Final
Who: Serena Williams will face Angelique Kerber, seeded number 11, with Williams in her pursuit of Margaret Court's record of 24 major career titles. Williams, seven-time winner at Wimbledon, would equal Court's record if she could dominate Kerber in a rematch of the 2016 Wimbledon final. (She's 23-6 in the Grand Slam final.) Kerber, 30, old No. 1 worldwide, won two Grand Slam titles in 2016.
Williams, 36, won her last Grand Slam title in the 2017 Australian Open for about eight weeks of pregnancy. She missed the next four majors, came back to the French Open this spring, but had to abandon this event due to a pectoral injury before a scheduled 16 round match. It was the first time that she was retiring from the singles competition at a major tournament.
When: The women's final was scheduled for Saturday at 9am, but this time could be postponed at the end of the second men's semifinal. This match of Novak Djokovic-Rafael Nadal, which Djokovic leads two sets to one, will resume at 8 am, facing South African Kevin Anderson in the men's final on Sunday. The women's final on Saturday will start after the end of the men's match.
[Exceeding even her own expectations, Serena Williams rolls into Wimbledon final]
How to watch on TV: ESPN will broadcast the women's final. Chris Fowler will have the play-by-play, and Chris Evert will be the analyst. The match is also scheduled to resume on ABC at 15 hours. Eastern, and on ESPNEWS at 12:30 Sunday
How to broadcast: You can watch the cover of the women's final on The Wimbledon Channel or on the WatchESPN app.
Wimbledon Clues: Williams plays his 18th main match at Wimbledon, and has now reached an amazing 10 finals. She won the women's singles titles in 2015 and 2016 – her previous two participations – and has now won 20 straight matches, matching the longest stretch of her career. This last period took place from 2002 to 2004, when Williams won consecutive titles before losing to the finals in 2004. Kerber, from Germany, is at his 11th edition of Wimbledon, but has advanced to the semi-finals for the third time this year. Like Williams, she lost only one set in this year's tournament
The 2016 Final: Williams found the story during his last encounter with Kerber at Wimbledon , equaling Steffi Graf's record of 22 Grand Slam titles 7-5, 6-3 win. Chuck Post Culpepper chronicled his dominance in this match:
Through a high-quality match with lively rallies that drew the audience's gasps, his service continued to wear her on the rocks. She faced only one break point – the only one she faced in the last three rounds – in the seventh game of the second set. She eliminated him with a 117 mph ace at the doubles line. She decimated 13 aces at Kerber's zero. The unreturned services were 27 to 12.
"I'm trying everything," Kerber said. . .
[In the final game, Williams] placed and blew first three services – 94 mph, 114, 101 – on which the ball only ticked Kerber's racket. At age 40, she produced a backhand volley and a forehand volley (part of her 16-4 point advantage) that dropped her into the grass before joining Kerber in a long respectful hug.
Williams in the final of the Australian Open 2016.
The story line: If Williams pursuit of a 24th Grand Slam title and of the eighth crown of Wimbledon is not enough, there is also its difficult but remarkable return. there is a year. As Liz Clarke detailed of The Post this week, the past year included "a recurrence of blood clots threatening her emergency Caesarean section", an extended bed rest during which she could barely walk , then a return to the competition.
Due to her absence, she is now ranked 181st in the world, making her "the lowest ranked woman of the Open era to reach a semifinal at Wimbledon," according to the tournament. She did not receive any seed at the Open de France, which sparked a debate about how tournaments should handle maternity leave for the best players. Wimbledon awarded Williams the 25th seed. The final will be just his 14th match of 2018.
Read more The Post's Wimbledon cover:
At Wimbledon, imperishable memories are made before the start of the final match
There is also the grace of Wimbledon. Nadal, del Potro and Federer prove it
Kevin Anderson places John Isner in the grueling Wimbledon semifinal
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