Angelique Kerber returns to make history for German tennis, which did not have a Wimbledon champion since Steffi Graf in 1996. She has taken revenge for the final lost at the All England club in 2016, she has made the most of Serena Williams , 36 years, there are still a couple of steps behind his maximum performance.
Kerber imposed his regularity to prevail by 6-3 and 6-3 in one hour and five minutes . At 30, she won her third Grand Slam, after the Australian Open and Open USA conquered in 2016, when she dominated the women's circuit. It is back the Germanic, who adds his twelfth professional crown and takes a heel for 2,250,000 pounds , about 2.5 euros.
Kerber, 11 winning hits and 5 unforced errors; Serena, more failures than hits, 24 to 23 . It was already a feat that the American was planted in the final, in only her fourth tournament after being a mother in September, also overcoming a complicated post-partum. He was without his eighth Wimbledon, he did not reach the 'big' of Margaret Court , but he has given a new lesson of overcoming.
Serena, sporting excited to cross the track to hug Kerber, who broke a triumphant streak of Serena of 20 consecutive games won in this tournament, as it was the best of 2015 and 2016 and had missed 2017, the tournament of Garbiñe Muguruza .
Kerber will rise from the tenth to the sixth place in the world, Serena will be planted in the 28th from the 181st.
The German wall was very high for a Serena who took many risks because it is not yet for great efforts followed. They saw him from the stands Lewis Hamilton and Tiger Woods . It could have been a day of legend for Serena Williams, but it sent the logic of a more fit Kerber.