S. Williams def. V. Williams in final at Wimbledon: 7(7)-6(3), 6-2 in 1h 27m
First set: Very high serve percentage on both sides: hard serves, hard returns; tough forehands, firm backhands. No breaks (in the eighth game Serena's serve goes to deuce but she aces her way out of it; Venus goes to deuce twice in the eleventh game but doesn't wilt). Eight aces for Serena, (twelve overall); but Venus' serve was slamming inside to the body of Serena. In the tiebreak at 3-1 (for Serena), Serena challenges a Venus forehand winner but it's in (3-2); Serena's forehand explodes into a 4-2 lead; an unforced error from Venus into net gives Serena a 5-2 lead; Serena rips another laser forehand winner: 6-2; a second challenge from Serena on her own forehand but it was called out and stays out: 6-3; a hard lob from Serena over big sis (and how many times has that ever happened?) and it goes in for the set win: 7-3.
Second set: The sixth game (3-2 Serena) was trouble for Venus. Already throwing in too many second serves (she started to lose her rhythm), Venus is broken for the first time in the match (4-2 Serena); Serena holds and then after gaining four match points on Venus' serve, the ten-time champion wins her eleventh Grand Slam title.
The rallys weren't as long because the shots on serve in the first set were so devastatingly precise; Venus had a couple of slips on the grass but really her game was on point in the first. Yet (again) Serena's desire was palpable; she was hungrier and it showed. Her ferocious forehand was relentless, at times cutting hard into Venus' forehand returns and diminishing their power. The big service letdown for Venus in the second was truly her undoing with Serena eating up the numerous second serves that came her way. Queen or no queen, there was no mercy for big sis today. Serena came to win.
And so indeed: the 2009 Wimbledon Ladies Champion is Serena Williams. Well done Serena, well done.