Serena Shines in 6-0, 6-1 Win

Serena Williams demolished Maria Sharapova.  There really is not much else to say about today’s match.  Both players like to dictate play and take control of a point early.  Serena was better at dictating play and that made Sharapova a defensive player.  Maria Sharapova is not a defensive player.  On the few occasions that Sharapova was in command of a point, Serena was able to defend well enough to entice an error or poke an unexpected winner.  The match was as one-sided an affair as anyone is likely to see when two players with career Grand Slams collide.  Now, Serena has a career Golden Slam and Sharapova has a career Silver Slam.  Serena owning 14 Grand Slam singles titles, 13 Grand Slam doubles titles, 1 Olympic Gold in singles and 2 (either 3 or 1 silver medal after tomorrow) Gold Medals in doubles means that she is the only man or woman to have a career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles.  I am not going to speculate on GOAT debates just yet (I have a forthcoming look at the top 30 male and top 30 female players of the Open Era), but Serena put on one of the all-time great performances today.  She comprehensively beat a great champion on Centre Court at Wimbledon for an Olympic Gold Medal.

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