{"id":11318,"date":"2016-07-11T15:09:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T19:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=11318"},"modified":"2016-07-11T15:09:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T19:09:19","slug":"serena-williams-ties-record-with-22nd-grand-slam-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2016\/07\/serena-williams-ties-record-with-22nd-grand-slam-title.html","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams Ties Record with 22nd Grand Slam Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2016\/07\/8886724534_34101fbb99_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11320 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2016\/07\/8886724534_34101fbb99_b-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"8886724534_34101fbb99_b\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a>This past Saturday was all about Serena Williams and the magic of her 7-5 6-3 victory over Angelique Kerber at Wimbledon. Williams claimed her 22<sup>nd<\/sup> women\u2019s tennis Grand Slam title, typing Steffi Graf for the most in the Open Era which began in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>Williams only stands behind Margaret Court\u2019s all-time mark of 24.<\/p>\n<p>This goes along with Williams\u2019 six championships at the US Open, six at the Australia Open and three at the French Open.<\/p>\n<p>Williams was able to achieve this, as she often does, with her near perfect serving ability. She slammed 13 aces, including at least one in each of her first eight service games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt makes the victory even sweeter to know how hard I worked for it,\u201d Williams said during the trophy ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Work hard she did. Williams faced a few stunning losses over the past year that kept her from reaching that record-tying No. 22 record. Her loss to Roberta Vinci in the US Open semifinals in September ended Williams\u2019 bid for a calendar-year Grand Slam. This was followed by the losses to Kerber at the Australian Open in January and to Garbine Muguruza at the French Open last month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If anything, I was able to show resilience that, no, that&#8217;s not going to shake me, you&#8217;re not going to break me,&#8221; Williams said, &#8220;it&#8217;s going to make me stronger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And if having the singles title wasn&#8217;t enough, she later teamed up with sister\u00a0Venus Williams\u00a0on Centre Court to\u00a0capture the women&#8217;s doubles championship&#8211; their sixth at Wimbledon &#8212; with a 6-3, 6-4 victory against\u00a0Timea Babos\u00a0and\u00a0Yaroslava Shvedova.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if she was striving for No. 25 to be Court\u2019s record, Williams responded \u201cOh, God, no. One thing I learned about last year is to enjoy the moment. I\u2019m definitely going to enjoy this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A moment Serena Williams\u00a0certainly deserves to cherish and enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Saturday was all about Serena Williams and the magic of her 7-5 6-3 victory over Angelique Kerber at Wimbledon. Williams claimed her 22nd women\u2019s tennis Grand Slam title, typing Steffi Graf for the most in the Open Era which began in 1968. Williams only stands behind Margaret Court\u2019s all-time mark of 24. 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