2009 Wimbledon Finals Begin with Serena Williams Triumph

The 2009 Wimbledon finals began with the 2009 Wimbledon women's finals, as the 2009 Wimbledon finals were guaranteed to start with a Williams victory. The 2009 Wimbledon women's finals had Venus and Serena Williams face off, as everyone wanted to see. To get to the 2009 Wimbledon finals, Venus Williams destroyed the competition, while Serena Williams had to rally to get there. But Serena's battle-tested approach paid off in the 2009 Wimbledon finals, as she brought sister Venus down in straight sets.

The 2009 Wimbledon women's finals had the Williams sisters face off for the second year in a row. Venus Williams won last year, and had the chance to win her third straight Wimbledon title. But the 2009 Wimbledon finals went in a different direction this time, as Serena took a 7-6, 6-2 win.

The 2009 Wimbledon finals had Venus and Serena holding serve throughout the first set. But the tiebreaker was soon dominated by Serena. In the second set, Serena broke Venus and never looked back, on her way to a lopsided second set win. But it took a few championship points for Serena to finally finish her sister off.

With the win in the 2009 Wimbledon finals, Serena Williams has her 11'th Grand Slam championship and second of the year. This is her third Wimbledon title, and first Wimbledon crown in six years. Venus is still stuck at seven Grand Slam titles, as Serena starts to leave Venus behind in the annals of history.

Now that Serena has her championship, the 2009 Wimbledon finals attention now turns to the men. Tomorrow could make history, as Roger Federer can break Pete Sampras' Grand Slam record with 15 titles. All Federer has to do at the 2009 Wimbledon finals is what he usually does - beat Andy Roddick in a Grand Slam.

Thanks to Roddick defeating British darling Andy Murray yesterday, some suspense and anticipation has been taken out of the 2009 Wimbledon men's finals. A win for Murray would have energized Britain, and possibly brought the Queen to attend.

Instead, the final match just has Federer going for history, and trying to improve to 19-2 against Roddick. It was one thing for Federer to finally lose to Rafael Nadal last year. But to lose against Roddick, with this much at stake, after dominating Roddick for so many years, would be the biggest shock of all.

The first of the 2009 Wimbledon singles finals had the Williams sisters compete in a match that lost much of its suspense by the end. If Roddick can pose a challenge to Federer this time around, and get a rare Grand Slam singles championship for an American male, that would certainly make up for it.

As Serena Williams celebrates another championship, Wimbledon Centre Court will get set for the next 2009 Wimbledon singles final, tomorrow at 9 a.m. Eastern Time.

Sources

New York Times- "Serena Williams Cruises to Wimbledon Victory" www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/sports/tennis/04serena.html

Houston Chronicle- "Federer seeks 15'th Slam vs. Roddick at Wimbledon" www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6510608.html