Wimbledon: Serena smashes her way to fourth title

Fierce hitting and stunning serving from Williams, as well as nerves from Zvonareva in her first ever Grand Slam final, combined to create one of the most one-sided finals the spectators on Centre Court have ever seen. Zvonareva did not manage to force a single break point against her opponent. In her previous games, the […]

Fierce hitting and stunning serving from Williams, as well as nerves from Zvonareva in her first ever Grand Slam final, combined to create one of the most one-sided finals the spectators on Centre Court have ever seen.

Zvonareva did not manage to force a single break point against her opponent.

In her previous games, the crowds watching Zvonareva had been evenly split.

The key moment came when Williams broke to go 5-3 up with a running cross-court forehand down the line, allowing her to serve for the opening set.

Zvonareva tried to challenge an unreturnable serve, but the ball had halved the line. It brought up two set points, one frittered away with a double fault, the second lost with a backhand long.

Serena surged to a 40-0 lead at 5-2, and only needed one match point before she smashed the ball past Zvonareva, who could only waft her racquet in the general direction.