Angelique Kerber beat seven-time champion Serena Williams to win her first Wimbledon title and spoil the American's tennis super star dream comeback as a mum.
The German 11th seed, 30 years - old, beat the 23-time Grand Slam champion 6-3 6-3 to add this title to her 2016 Australian Open and US Open crowns, after 67 minutes on Centre Court to become the first German since Stefanie Graf in 1996 to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish. Former World No.1 Angelique Kerber became the first German since Stefanie Graf to win at Wimbledon.
In a final where all the pre-match babble was of Serena Williams’ extraordinary return to winning ways 10 months after the birth of her first child, Kerber was on a quest of her own. Two years ago she was runner-up to Serena on this very stage, but now the game’s ultimate grail belongs to Kerber. With her racket a rapier in her hand to win the women's singles final
"I was quite nervous before the match," Kerber admitted in her post-victory press conference. "But I was trying to told myself, go out there and play your best match, because I know that against Serena I have to play my best tennis, especially in the important moments.
"At the end I was quite starting to being quite nervous. I knew that I had to take my first chance because you never know with her. She is fighting until the last one.
"I think it's just amazing. I cannot describe this feeling because when I was a kid I was always dreaming for this moment. To win Wimbledon, it's something really special in my career."
The win moves Kerber back into the world's Top 4 on the WTA rankings for the first time since August 2017, and all the way up to No.2 on the Porsche Race to Singapore leaderboard.
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