Garbine Muguruza stormed to her first Wimbledon title and shattered Venus Williams\u2019 history bid with a majestic 7-5, 6-0 victory in Saturday\u2019s final.<\/p>\n
Muguruza overwhelmed Williams with a supreme display of power hitting in 77 minutes on Centre Court to become only the second Spanish woman to win Wimbledon.<\/p>\n
Watched from the Royal Box by King Juan Carlos of Spain, the 23-year-old finally got her hands on the Venus Rosewater Dish two years after losing to the American\u2019s sister Serena in her maiden Wimbledon final.<\/p>\n
Fittingly, it was Muguruza\u2019s current coach Conchita Martinez who was the first woman to raise the Spanish flag at Wimbledon in 1994 when she defeated Martina Navratilova.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first set was tough. We both had a lot of chances. I\u2019m glad I took mine,\u201d Muguruza said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo years ago I lost in the final against Serena and she told me I would win one day. Here I am. Finally!\u201d<\/p>\n
Venezuela-born Muguruza\u2019s second Grand Slam title, following her French Open triumph last year, denied Williams, 37, in her attempt to become the oldest Wimbledon champion in the Open era.<\/p>\n
Back in the Wimbledon final after an eight-year absence, Williams had hoped to clinch a sixth All England Club title, nine years after she last lifted the trophy.<\/p>\n
Instead, she paid the price for a surprisingly nerve-ridden display that condemned her to a second Grand Slam disappointment this year following her Australian Open final loss against Serena.<\/p>\n
\u201cCongratulations Garbine. I know how hard you work,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI tried my best to do the things Serena does, but I think there will be other opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since winning her maiden Grand Slam title in Paris, Muguruza had endured something of a sophomore slump as her ranking dropped out of the top 10.<\/p>\n
But she has rediscovered her mojo on grass and will climb to fifth when the new rankings are confirmed next week.<\/p>\n
Remarkably, of her four tour-level titles, two are now Grand Slams.<\/p>\n
With persistent drizzle blanketing the All England Club, Williams and Muguruza were competing in the first Wimbledon final to begin under the roof, watched by a sell-out crowd including Hollywood actress Hilary Swank.<\/p>\n
Twenty years ago, Venus admitted she was a bundle of nerves when she made a losing Wimbledon debut against Magdalena Grzybowska and, in her ninth All England Club final, once again there was anxiety coursing through her error-strewn display.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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