Serena Williams wins Wimbledon 2016 to equal the 22 grand slams of Stefi Graf

World number one Serena Williams (34) has beaten German fourth seed Angelique Kerber to win a seventh Wimbledon and 22nd Grand Slam title. She had to coped with a gusty wind on Center Court and won in straight sets of 7-5 6-3 thereby equaling Steffi Graf's Open era record of major titles.
This has been reported in bbc.com dated 9 July 2016.

Angelique Kerber had beaten Serena Williams in the Australian Open final in January but was unable to produce another shock as Williams ended a losing run at Slams stretching back to Wimbledon last year. With this win, Serena equals the record of German great Stefi Graf in the all-time list of Grand Slam singles champions. Of course, she is now just two behind overall leader Margaret Court, the Australian who won 13 of her 24 major titles before tennis turned professional in 1968.
Serena had first won Wimbledon fourteen years earlier and has now claimed the title for a seventh time after dropping just one set all tournament. She has banished memories of last year, when she fell two matches short of a historic calendar Grand Slam, and, subsequently, of losing in the Australian and French Open finals this year.


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Serena Williams wins sixth Wimbledon crown – and 21st Grand Slam title

#serenawilliams #wimbledon2015 #stefigraf #GarbineMuguruza Age has not blunted her reflexes as Serena Williams proved at Wimbledon 2015 when she beat Garbine Muguruza of Spain in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 to hold aloft the crown for the sixth time. This is her 21st Grand Slam title a well.
Her age now is 33 years and 289 days and she surpasses Martina Navratilova as the oldest player to win Wimbledon, and any of the other three Grand Slams, in the Open era.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 11 July 2015.

With this win, Serena Williams earned a cheque for £1.8 million ($2.7 million, 2.5 million euros). If she can now defend the US Open, she would become the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1988 to claim a calendar Grand Slam.
Incidentally, she is now one major title behind Stefi Graf on the Open era leaderboard and within three of all-time record holder Margaret Court's tally of 24. Moreover, Serena is the first player since Graf in 1988 to win Wimbledon and the Australian and French Opens in the same year.
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