• Kerber is first German to win Wimbledon since Graf in 1996
• Unforced errors cost Serena Williams after impressive fortnight
In a seminal essay on women’s tennis, written in 1988, the year of Angelique Kerber’s birth, the novelist Martin Amis reckoned Steffi Graf was “something unbelievable on the tennis court, a miracle of speed, balance and intense athleticism. She looks like a skater but she moves like a puck”.
Those words proved to be a near‑perfect fit description of Kerber’s deft 6-3, 6-3 dissection of Serena Williams. There were certainly several miracles of speed as she chased down shot after shot, forcing the American into numerous errors, as she became the first German to win a Wimbledon singles title since Graf in 1996.
Written by Sean Ingle at Wimbledon
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