south carolina won the 2018 women's wimbledon final.
south carolina won the 2018 women's wimbledon final.
who won the 2018 women's wimbledon final?
south carolina
by the second week of the tournament, the decision had begun to look like a good one – or a moot point – depending on one's point of view as, for the first time in grand slam history, not one of the top ten seeded female players had made it to the quarterfinals. on "her" way to the quarterfinals, williams had beaten arantxa rus of holland in round one, viktoriya tomova of bulgaria in round 2, kristina mladenovic of france in round 3 and evgeniya rodina of russia in round 4. she had not yet lost a set in any of her matches to that point. williams then beat italian camila giorgi in the quarterfinals after yielding one set, and became the lowest ranked player to ever reach the wimbledon semifinals. williams met 13th seed julia görges of germany in the semifinal and beat her comfortably in two sets to reach her tenth wimbledon final. she lost in the final in straight sets to angelique kerber of germany in a rematch of the 2016 wimbledon final. this was serena's first major final since the 2017 australian open.
serena williams
nadal then played federer in the final of wimbledon for the third consecutive year, in the most anticipated match of their rivalry. nadal entered the final on a 23-match winning streak, including his first career grass-court title at the artois championships staged at the queen's club in london prior to wimbledon. federer had won his record fifth grass-court title at the gerry weber open in halle, and then reached the wimbledon final without losing a set. unlike their previous two wimbledon finals, though, federer was not the prohibitive favorite, and many analysts picked nadal to win. they played the longest (in terms of time on court, not in terms of numbers of games) final in wimbledon history, and because of rain delays, nadal won the fifth set 9–7 in near-darkness. (the 2019 final later broke the record of longest wimbledon final.) the match was widely lauded as the greatest wimbledon final ever, with some tennis critics even calling it the greatest match in tennis history.
rafael nadal