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MUCH AT STAKE FOR FEDERER, DJOKOVIC PAGE 14C THE ENQUIRER/SAM GREENE THE ENQUIRER /// SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2015 1C CINCINNATI.COM FACEBOOK.COM/ENQUIRER @ENQUIRER SPORTS PLANNER: Dave Niinemets, [email protected] sports Speedway heats up [ Page 12C ] /ENQUIRER JULY 18 7:10 P.M. REDS T-SHIRT LONDON — Serena Williams let herself briefly bask in the joy of a sixth Wimbledon championship, 21st Grand Slam singles trophy overall and fourth consecutive major title Saturday, even balanc- ing the winner’s silver dish atop her head – Look, Ma, no hands! – as she sauntered off Centre Court. “I was peaceful, feeling really good,” Williams said. “Maybe a little after that, I started thinking about New York.” On to the next one. When the U.S. Open begins at Flushing Meadows in August, Williams will pursue pretty much the only acco- lade to elude her so far: a calendar- year Grand Slam, something no one has accomplished in tennis in more than a quarter-century. She will arrive there having won her past 28 matches at major tournaments, the latest coming at the All England Club on Saturday, when the No. 1-seeded Williams put aside an early deficit and a late lull, closing out a 6-4, 6-4 victory over No. 20 Garbine Muguruza of Spain. It’s Williams’ second self-styled “Serena Slam” of four majors in a row; she also did it in 2002-03. “I’ve been trying to win four in a row for 12 years, and it hasn’t happened. I’ve had a couple in- juries. You know, it’s been an up- and-down process,” Williams said. “I honestly can’t say that last year or two years ago or even five years ago I would have thought that I would have won four in a row.” At 33, she is the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam tournament in the Open era of professional ten- nis, and it comes 16 years after her first, at the 1999 U.S. Open. One slam down, one to go for Serena Associated Press See SERENA, Page 16C
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MUCH AT STAKE FOR FEDERER, DJOKOVIC PAGE 14C
THE ENQUIRER/SAM GREENE
THE ENQUIRER /// SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2015 1C
CINCINNATI.COM FACEBOOK.COM/ENQUIRER @ENQUIRER SPORTS PLANNER: Dave Niinemets, [email protected]
sports Speedwayheats up[ Page 12C ]
/ENQUIRERJULY 18 7:10 P.M.
REDS T-SHIRT
LONDON — Serena Williams letherself briefly bask in the joy of asixth Wimbledon championship,21st Grand Slam singles trophyoverall and fourth consecutivemajor title Saturday, even balanc-ing the winner’s silver dish atopher head – Look, Ma, no hands! – asshe sauntered off Centre Court.
“I was peaceful, feeling reallygood,” Williams said. “Maybe alittle after that, I started thinkingabout New York.”
On to the next one. When theU.S. Open begins at FlushingMeadows in August, Williams willpursue pretty much the only acco-lade to elude her so far: a calendar-year Grand Slam, something noone has accomplished in tennis inmore than a quarter-century.
She will arrive there havingwon her past 28 matches at majortournaments, the latest coming atthe All England Club on Saturday,when the No. 1-seeded Williams putaside an early deficit and a latelull, closing out a 6-4, 6-4 victoryover No. 20 Garbine Muguruza ofSpain.
It’s Williams’ second self-styled“Serena Slam” of four majors in arow; she also did it in 2002-03.
“I’ve been trying to win four ina row for 12 years, and it hasn’thappened. I’ve had a couple in-juries. You know, it’s been an up-and-down process,” Williams said.“I honestly can’t say that last yearor two years ago or even five yearsago I would have thought that Iwould have won four in a row.”
At 33, she is the oldest woman towin a Grand Slam tournament inthe Open era of professional ten-nis, and it comes 16 years after herfirst, at the 1999 U.S. Open.
One slamdown, oneto go forSerenaAssociated Press
See SERENA, Page 16C
