Serena Williams reveals she panicked during Wimbledon Final – Tennis News
Former world number one, Serena Williams, has revealed that she was panic-stricken when she lost the second set against Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska in the final of this year’s Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in
London.
The American started as the hot favourite against the then world number three in that match. Radwanska was suffering from health problems and she even cancelled her practice session one day before the final, as her condition did
now her to exercise.
The Polish player, who had reached final of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career, showed courage and but couldn't get off to a decent start in the crunch game. The youngster started poorly, managing to win only one game
in the entire set and losing it 1-6. However, she bounced back in the second one and succeeded in winning it 7-5.
That was the moment when Serena was hit by a panic attack, as the momentum had shifted at her opponent’s side. The American super star was also featuring in her first Major final after a gap of two years. The veteran captured Wimbledon
title in 2010 but then she met an accident and almost reached death bed.
Serena said of her feeling after losing the second set, “Then after that I thought, ‘I’m never going to win another Grand Slam, I’m going to be stuck at 13 for the rest of my life. I should have been happy the last time I won Wimbledon,
and then when I was in the hospital I thought I wouldn’t even play tennis again, so to have that opportunity from going from that low, from the bottom to the top, it was probably the highlight of my year.”
However, one of the most dominant players of the 21st century so far used her experience to down Radwanska 6-2 in the final set and captured her fifth Wimbledon title, taking her total Grand Slam winning count to 14.
One reason of this panic attack on Serena was her upset loss at the French Open. The American player was the hot favourite at the second Grand Slam of the season but was stunned in the first round by a low ranked local player,
Virginie Razzano.
The American added, “I just am a player and I know I’m good at tennis. And I get nervous, I get apprehensive, I have all those feelings. I do (hide them). I’m a good actress.”
Wimbledon triumph gave a boost to Serena and she captured Olympics Gold Medal and US Open title later in the year.
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