I'm back to blog again! So let's take a more thorough look at the Wimbledon final. I'm not exaggerating when saying nobody thought Radwanska had a shot at the title. But this was also the case when Serena lost to Stosur at the US Open.
The second game on the Radwanska serve took almost 10 minutes before Serena sealed her third breakpoint! I was surprised by Radwanska's serving and agressive play, but it was fire battling a nuclear bomb. The Pole lost her cool quite quickly, obviously nervous she couldn't grid her teeth this early already in the match.
Serena on the other hand didn't have such troubles on her own serve and cruised to a 5-0 lead in the first set. Radwanska was desperate to grab a game and did so in style after facing a 15-40 score (thus two setpoints for a bagel) with two aces, a superb dropshot and a hell of a lot of mental strength! Serena wasn't bothered by this and served out the set: 6-1.
It looked quite game over when Serena took an early break in the second set but Radwanska created breakpoints out of thin air and knocked herself to 4-4. The crowd went estatic! Serena started to produce more unforced errors and the Pole was the more patient and calm one: 7-5. It was a huge difference from the first set where Radwanska saved herself from a bagel just barely.
At 2-2 in the third set, Serena overclassed the Pole completely. She battled off a lot of break points but the American just kept them coming. After two hours Serena got her 14th Grand Slam: 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. She reacted accordingly:
Radwanska was quite disappointed afterwards and had to shrug off some tears in her interview. But I actually think she has to be very proud of what she achieved. She never took a set before against Serena, so that's a great development. Can't wait for the Olympics!
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