She struggled with a hacking cough, she was sick, and she twice celebrated too early, but she held her composure in a 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory on Saturday.
On her third match point, she let her racket go before hearing a let call to what she thought was an ace.
"I thought, 'Wow this is it, I did it, only to hear let. I was like, 'OK Serena!'" she said. "I was very disappointed, because Maria was playing so well. I thought she's going to try to hit a winner now. She's goes for broke on match point."So she fell back on her biggest weapon, firing another ace -- her 15th of the set and 18th of the match. This time, after checking it was official, she bounced around like a little child and the celebration was real.
"I'm so honored to be here and to hold this 19th trophy," Williams said. "I didn't think it would happen this fast, to be honest, but it feels really good."The 33-year-old Williams became the oldest winner of the Australian women's title in the Open era and moved into outright second place on the list of major winners in the Open era, behind only Steffi Graf's 22. Almost immediately, her thoughts turned to the next major.
"I would love to get to 22. I mean, 19 was very difficult to get to," she said. "But I have to get to 20 first, and then I have to get to 21. It will be a very big task."
Wow,a big congrats 2her,
ReplyDeleteEpic final. I'm rili proud of her. Hmmm! "Uwaifo don talk e own o".
ReplyDeleteShe is now like a goddess in d game,,,,unstoppable,,living legend.....who will think anything good will come out from africa....cobgrates queen of long tennis
ReplyDeleteWa o congrats to her
ReplyDeleteIf say I no I for go learn ds lawn tennis, hmmm,my children will do better, too much money.com
ReplyDeleteLove this lady, she is one of the best, if not the best in the game. Congrats to her!
ReplyDeleteThis lady is such a winner!!....she never drops from her worlds number1 spot!!...congrats to her.
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