SERENA WILLIAMS CREATES HISTORY WITH 22ND GRAND SLAM TITLE AT WIMBLEDON 2016
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World number one Serena Williams beat German fourth seed Angelique Kerber to win a seventh Wimbledon and 22nd Grand Slam title.
The 22nd Grand Slam title brings her level with Germany’s Steffi Graf and just two behind overall leader Margaret Court, the Australian who won 24 major. Incidentally, Graf also has seven Wimbledon titles to her name.
Serena and Sister Venus also claimed their sixth Wimbledon women’s doubles title – and 14th Grand Slam trophy – with a 6-3 6-4 win over Timea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova.
FACTS AND FIGURES
The French Open is played on clay, which owes its red colour to the crushed brick which forms the upper layer of the surface. There are three layers in all – one of limestone, one of clinker and one of stone – as well as drainage pipes. Clay is the slowest of surfaces. Along with the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, the French Open is one of the four historic tennis tournaments which make up the legendary Grand Slam.
The four tournaments all being played on different surfaces: Plexi cushion in Australia, clay at Roland Garros, grass at Wimbledon and Decoturf at the US Open.
The Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open are the four Grand Slam tournaments. The Grand Slamitinerary consists of the Australian Open in mid January, the French Open in May/June, Wimbledon in June/July, and the US Open in August/September.
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