May 04, 2024 12:05 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Delhi Police arrest 'Spirit Of Congress' administrator in Amit Shah video case | 'Rohith Vemula not Dalit,' cops file closure report, give clean chit to all accused | Canada Police arrest suspects in Hardeep Singh Nijjar's murder: Report | 'Mother entrusted me with the responsibility,' Rahul says facing flak on Rae Bareli nomination | Lok Sabha polls: Rahul Gandhi files nomination from Rae Bareli
Garbine Muguruza stuns Venus Williams, clinches Wimbledon title

Garbine Muguruza stuns Venus Williams, clinches Wimbledon title

India Blooms News Service | | 15 Jul 2017, 09:39 pm
London, July 15 (IBNS): Garbine Muguruza of Spain stunned American star Venus Williams to clinch the Wimbledon women's singles title here on Saturday.

Garbine won the title for the first time in her career.

She defeated Venus by  7-5 6-0.

Despite strong challenge in the first set, Venus was completely blown away by her opponent in the second set of the clash which made sure the Spanish player won her first Wimbledon title.

"Two years ago I lost to Serena and she told me maybe one day I would win. Here I am," Garbine was quoted as saying after the victory.

This was Garbine's second Grand Slam title.

Venus' dream of scripting a fairy-tale victory was shattered by strong performance by the Spanish player.

Garbine took an hour and 17 minutes to win the match.

Image: Wimbledon Twitter page
 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.