Lawn Tennis: Kerber denies Serena 24th Wimbledon title

The dream of America’s Lawn Tennis female best player to more trophies to her cabinet and winning her eight Wimbledon title has been dashed as Germany’s Angelique Kerber on Saturday July 15, won her on two straight set with a 6-3, 6-3 win. But for Kerber, it was a day that she would eve cherish in her lifetime.

The defeat suffered by Williams denied her the opportunity of equaling 24^th Grand Slam singles trophy while it was Kerber’s third title at the majors to add to her Australian Open and US Open triumphs in 2016.

Recall that Williams, 36, after giving birth to her daughter, Olympia in September is yet to win a trophy, though many commentators described William’s performance as better than her previous matches.

They said for Williams to win four matches in six days following the birth of her daughter shows that she is getting her fitness back and hope that she would do better in subsequent competitions.

Kerber, infonet9ja.com can authoritatively report is the first German woman to win the Wimbledon title since Steffi Graf in 1996.

After a controversially delayed start she defended her baseline brilliantly to extract 24 unforced errors from an often wayward Williams and clinch her third Grand Slam title.

She remained ice cool at the end and held her nerve, providing another coaching triumph for Belgian Wim Fissette, who this time last year oversaw the run of Jo Konta to the last four.

Kerber has shown before that she is not afraid of Williams, notably in the 2016 Australian Open when she caused a shock by winning in three sets. She also put up a strong showing in their 2016 SW19 final.