In the first Wimbledon final for 41 years to feature two women 30 or older, Serena was cheered on by her friend the Duchess of Sussex, golf legend Tiger Woods and Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton. Separately, Novak Djokovic delivered a semi-final win over Rafael Nadal in a two-day thriller that lasted five hours and 15 minutes.

We always knew Serena Williams' return from maternity leave would be big, but the way she's stormed the court to become an advocate for new mothers is something else. But sandwiched between those two victories, was a defeat at the All England Club. But Williams seemed unsure how best to break down Kerber, and the next point saw her inexplicably pat a volley back that should have been the simplest of put-aways and pay the price.

By winning Kerber has now completed three of the four grandslams as she previously won the U.S Open and U.S Open. except the French Open. But, despite a painful loss to German Angelique Kerber in Saturday's Wimbledon final, Williams's husband Alexis Ohanian said she was "just getting started". "For all the moms out there, I was playing for you today".

Perhaps most crucially for Saturday's final, Fissette gave her the belief that she could beat Serena Williams.

Williams' was obviously upset as she spoke to the result. But, foreshadowing the pain to come, Serena's 30th Grand Slam final got off to a rocky start as she dropped her serve with four unforced errors in the opening game. Williams stepped up the ferocity, nearly taking Kerber's head off with a return at one stage, but was too error prone for the German, who made her play that extra ball.

"It was such an unbelievable tournament for me". I feel that too many players go on the court against her believing that they can't win and I don't want that with my players'.

"So I'm taking everything as it is and just enjoying every moment", she said. I learned so many things about myself, about the things around, how to deal with this, how to make my day schedule.

"I'm not superhuman, I'm just me". "I have so much to look forward to".
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