Three down, just one to go.
Serena Williams has accomplished everything in tennis — except winning a Grand Slam title, which is winning the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the United States Open in the same year.
Williams is now one tournament win away after Saturday’s 6-4, 6-4 victory over Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain in the 2015 Wimbledon final gave her wins in the first three legs of the Slam.
Only three women have completed the Grand Slam: Maureen Connolly in 1953, Margaret Court in 1970 and Steffi Graf in 1988.
This was also Williams’s 21st Grand Slam singles title, putting her one behind Graf, who has the most of the Open era with 22.
By Glenn Erby
Serena Williams has accomplished everything in tennis — except winning a Grand Slam title, which is winning the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the United States Open in the same year.
Williams is now one tournament win away after Saturday’s 6-4, 6-4 victory over Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain in the 2015 Wimbledon final gave her wins in the first three legs of the Slam.
Only three women have completed the Grand Slam: Maureen Connolly in 1953, Margaret Court in 1970 and Steffi Graf in 1988.
This was also Williams’s 21st Grand Slam singles title, putting her one behind Graf, who has the most of the Open era with 22.
By Glenn Erby