Serena Williams wins her 7th Wimbledon singles title

– Serena Williams wins her 7th Wimbledon

singles title

– The 34-year-old American

beats Germany’s Angelique Kerber in

straight sets, 7-5, 6-3

– The victory sees the female World number

one equal Steffi Graf’s professional era

record of 22 grand slam singles crowns, and

move within two of the all-time grand slam

record of 24, held by the Australian

Margaret Court

Serena Williams has claimed a seventh

Wimbledon singles title after defeating

Germany’s Angelique Kerber in straight sets,

7-5, 6-3.

The win sees the female World number one

equal Steffi Graf’s professional era record of

22 grand slam singles crowns.

Serena drops to the floor as she celebrates

her seventh Wimbledon grand slam title

Williams, 34, edged a tight first set and then

held on in the second to clinch an emotional

victory and move within two of the all-time

grand slam record of 24, held by the

Australian Margaret Court.

It was also pay back time for Williams as

she avenged her surprise defeat to Kerber in

the final of this year’s Australian Open.

Serena Williams celebrates her seventh

Wimbledon grand slam title

Williams had previously lost both of this

year’s Grand Slam finals – in Australia to

Kerber and at the French Open to Garbine

Muguruza.

With the win, Williams added a seventh

Wimbledon title to her remarkable trophy

cabinet as she previously won the title in

2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2015.

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