Newsday (N.Y.): Serena Williams puts pressure behind her, finally collects her 22nd Grand Slam championship

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

WIMBLEDON, England — The opponent had been herself as much as the women on the other side of the net. Serena Williams finally confessed that she had been vexed as much by expectations, by pressure, by the attempt to win that magical 22nd Grand Slam title, as by anyone else’s serve or forehand.

Her actions said as much. When Williams beat stubborn Angelique Kerber, 7-5, 6-3, on Saturday — to catch 22 and Steffi Graf for her seventh Wimbledon title, ending a streak of three consecutive Slams without a championship — she flopped unhesitatingly on her back atop the grass of Centre Court.

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