By — Andrew Mach Andrew Mach Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/serena-williams-wins-wimbledon-net-another-serena-slam Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Serena Williams nets another ‘Serena Slam’ with Wimbledon win World Jul 11, 2015 1:03 PM EDT Another Serena Slam is on the books. Williams reacts after winning the first set of Saturday’s match. Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters. On Saturday, Serena Williams beat Spain’s Garbine Muguruza 6-4, 6-4 in the women’s singles final of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships in London. The win earned Williams a second “Serena Slam,” which means she holds all four Grand Slam titles at once. It was also her sixth Wimbledon title and 21st major overall. “I can’t believe I’m standing here with another Serena Slam,” Williams told the crowd after the match. At 33, Williams is the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam title in the Open era, the Associated Press reported. She has now won eight major championships in her 30s. And if Williams wins at the U.S. Open in September, she’ll become the first player to sweep all four majors in the same season since Steffi Graf in 1988. Williams plays a backhand in the in the women’s singles final at the 2015 Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London. Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images. Williams embraces Muguruza after winning their match on Saturday. Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters. Williams shows off the trophy after winning at Wimbledon on Saturday. Photo by Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters. Williams lifts the trophy after winningon July 11, 2015. Photo by Dominic Lipinski/Reuters. Muguruza reacts with her runner up trophy after losing the match against Williams at Wimbledon on Saturday. Photo by Sean Dempsey/Reuters. Williams leaves the court with the Venus Rosewater Dish after her victory in the during day twelve of Wimbledon at the Croquet Club on July 11, 2015 in London. Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Andrew Mach Andrew Mach Andrew Mach is a former Digital Editor for PBS NewsHour in New York City, where he manages the online editorial direction of the national broadcast's weekend edition. Formerly, Mach was a news editor and staff writer for NBC News. He's also written for the Christian Science Monitor in Boston and had stints at ABC News, the Washington Post and German network ZDF in Berlin, in addition to reporting for an investigative journalism project in Phoenix. Mach was a recipient of the 2016 Kiplinger Fellowship, the 2015 RIAS German/American Exchange fellowship by the Radio Television Digital News Foundation and the 2012 Berlin Capital Program Fulbright. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is a native of Aberdeen, South Dakota. @andrewjmach
Another Serena Slam is on the books. Williams reacts after winning the first set of Saturday’s match. Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters. On Saturday, Serena Williams beat Spain’s Garbine Muguruza 6-4, 6-4 in the women’s singles final of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships in London. The win earned Williams a second “Serena Slam,” which means she holds all four Grand Slam titles at once. It was also her sixth Wimbledon title and 21st major overall. “I can’t believe I’m standing here with another Serena Slam,” Williams told the crowd after the match. At 33, Williams is the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam title in the Open era, the Associated Press reported. She has now won eight major championships in her 30s. And if Williams wins at the U.S. Open in September, she’ll become the first player to sweep all four majors in the same season since Steffi Graf in 1988. Williams plays a backhand in the in the women’s singles final at the 2015 Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London. Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images. Williams embraces Muguruza after winning their match on Saturday. Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters. Williams shows off the trophy after winning at Wimbledon on Saturday. Photo by Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters. Williams lifts the trophy after winningon July 11, 2015. Photo by Dominic Lipinski/Reuters. Muguruza reacts with her runner up trophy after losing the match against Williams at Wimbledon on Saturday. Photo by Sean Dempsey/Reuters. Williams leaves the court with the Venus Rosewater Dish after her victory in the during day twelve of Wimbledon at the Croquet Club on July 11, 2015 in London. Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now