By Art Spander
Special to Newsday
WIMBLEDON, England -- She leaned back and fell, tearfully, joyfully, Serena Williams on the sacred grass of Centre Court and at the same instant at the top of the tennis world.
"It's been an unbelievable journey for me,'' she would say. An unbelievable journey for anyone.
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WIMBLEDON, England -- In Saturday's Wimbledon women's final of contrasts, Serena Williams takes her big serve and grand history against the finesse and unfulfilled dreams of Agnieszka Radwanska.
Williams has set tournament records for aces as she tries for a fifth All England championship and 14th Grand Slam title. Radwanska, the first Pole in a Wimbledon final in 73 years (well before the Open Era), has kept opponents off balance as she kept moving toward a first major title.
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WIMBLEDON, England -- Venus Williams was in the stands nervously clutching her hands. Younger sister Serena was on Centre Court grabbing a place in a Wimbledon final for a seventh time in 11 years.
"No way," was Serena's response when told of the numbers. "I was working so hard. I really wanted it."
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WIMBLEDON, England -- Everyone seems to have a label here. They've decided Serena Williams is the "Warrior Queen,'' and her opponent in this country with an imperial history, Victoria Azarenka, naturally is being called "Queen Victoria.''
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WIMBLEDON, England -- These may be the All England Championships, but we pause more than a moment on America’s birthday to offer praise for Serena Williams, an American Beauty.
Waking up the echoes and smashing home the aces, she has become last U.S. player remaining in singles.
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