Serena slam on the cards

Serena Williams is on the verge of becoming the greatest ever female tennis player in history. In concrete terms she has all it takes to achieve this. With 20 Gland Slam wins, she is in the third spot on the list of all-time winners. She trails only Steffi Graf (22) and Margaret Court (24). In the Open Era, she is second behind Graf. It is amazing that at 33 Serena is getting better rather than declining.

Serena has won the last three Grand Slam tournaments (US Open 2014, Australian Open 2015 and French Open 2015) and has a slam winning streak of 22 consecutive matches. Today, if the American wins the Wimbledon title, it will mark the second “Serena Slam” of her career . She achieved the first between 2002 and 2003.

Winning the four Grand Slam titles consecutively is referred to as personal slam tagged to the player’s name. It is interesting to note that in the ongoing Wimbledon, Serena met sister, Venus in the fourth round and won 6-4,6-3. Against Victoria Azarenka in the quarters, she came back from a set down to win 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. In the semifinal on Thursday, Serena easily defeated Maria Sharapova in straight sets of 6-2, 6-4. She was thrilled to reach her 25th Grand Slam final, saying: “I’m so excited. I got a bit nervous because it was a semifinal and it’s a long time since I’ve been this far.”

She now has 18-2 advantage over the Russian in the head-to-head table. It is always a grudge match between Serena and Sharapova apparently because the boyfriend of the Sharapova, Grigor Dimitrov, was formerly Serena’s lover Serena is very good with big serves which sometimes lead to double fault.

She is also good with ground strokes, precise volleys and amazing passing shots. Above all, her calmness on the court is a big plus as she uses the maturity to get herself off difficult situations. Today, 21-year-old Garbine Muguruza of Spain will be standing between Serena and her attempt to complete another Slam with a Wimbledon win.

It is the first Grand Slam final for Muguruza but she cannot be underrated after getting this far. She was the one who sent Serena out of French Open last year. So, it not impossible for her to be a spoiler today. The two finalists are quite hot on current form but the American has enough experience to achieve the Serena Slam! One more thing: The winner of the Wimbledon takes home £1.8m.