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Serena Williams beats Muguruza to win sixth Wimbledon title

Xinhua, July 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon women's singles title with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Spain's Garbine Muguruza here on Saturday.

Williams, 33, survived an early scare in the first set from the 20th seed after she was broken in the opening game. She broke back in the eighth game to pull it even at 4-4.

The world No. 1 held her serve and broke again to win the first set.

The American then took control of second set to go ahead 5-1. But Muguruza, playing her first Grand Slam, made a strong comeback, breaking Williams twice to make it 5-4.

Muguruza, who upset Williams in last year's French Open second round, dropped her serve finally and saw her opponent win her fourth consecutive Grand Slam tournament and 21st in total.

"I'm just happy it was such a great match, " William said. "I can't believe I'm standing here with another Serena slam."

The Serena slam means that she holds all four grand slam titles at the same time. She did it for the first time from winning the 2012 French Open champion to taking the 2003 Australian Open trophy.

"It's super exciting. I just knew I wanted to win Wimbledon this year. Of all the grand slams, it was the one I hadn't won in a while."

Muguruza was emotional after the defeat but she said she was not disappointed.

"I couldn't stop crying, so many people were clapping. I felt special because I think they saw in me that I really wanted to win, that I was really enjoying it, that I give everything to tennis. They actually liked seeing someone fighting so much. It has been an emotional two weeks, but really happy."

Williams, who became the oldest grand slam champion in the open era, said she will fight on and defend her title next year.

"Obviously I'll be here next year, to try to defend my title," she said.

In the women's final, former women's world No. 1 Martina Hingis won her first Wimbledon title since 1998 with partner Sania Mirza of India.

Hingis, 34, and 28-year-old Mirza came from a set down and 2-5 behind in the final set to beat Russian duo Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 5-7, 7-6 (4), 7-5.

Hingis, who also won the women's singles title in 1997, will go for another one in the mixed doubles final on Sunday with partner Leander Paes of India.

The men's doubles champion was won by Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands and Horia Tecau of Romania, who beat Jamie Murray of Britain and John Peers of Australia 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4 on Center Court.

Murray is the older brother of Andy Murray, the 2013 singles champion who lost to Roger Federer in Friday's semifinals. Andy watched his brother's match from the stands.

The men's final between world No. 1 Novak Djockovic of Serbia and seven-time champion Roger Federer of Switzerland will be held on Sunday, the last day's competition. Endite