Tennis

American Serena Williams beats Spaniard Garbine Muguruza in Wimbledon and wins Her 21 th Grand Slam title

The Women Tennis world number one, American Serena Williams, has defeated promising Venezuela-born Spaniard Garbine Muguruza to win her sixth Wimbledon singles and her 21th Grand Slam title. Earlier this year, Serena Williams had won her fifth French Open. With the Wimbledon single, she has won, for the second time in her career, four straight majors. She has called "four straight majors" a Serena Slam, saying, after the win, "I can't believe I'm standing here with another Serena Slam"

Serena Williams dominated but did not overwhelm Garbine Muguruza, as she did against Lucie Safarova in the French Open. But, she

Serena Williams beats Lucie Safarova and wins Her 20 th Grand Slam title

Serena Williams Wins 2015 French Open

The Women Tennis world number one, American Serena Williams, has defeated world number 13, Lucie Safarova, from the Czek Republic, to win her fifth French Open and her 20th Grand Slam title. Suring this French Open, she has faced multiple challenge, including an illness since Thursday, and mounted comeback after comeback. By winning, she cimented her record over both Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert in the number of major singles titles.

Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova and wins Her 19th Grand Slam title.

Serena Williams Wins 2015 Australia Open

The Women Tennis world number one, American Serena Williams, has defeated world number two, Russian Maria Sharapova, to win her fifth Australian Open and her 19th Grand Slam title. By winning, she has surpassed both Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert in the number of major singles titles.

Athea Gibson's Birthday: The First Black to Win a Tennis Grand Slam

August 25: Birthday of Athea Gibson, the first black to with a Grand Slam Title, the French Open.

Athea Gibson was born on August 25, 1927, in Silver, South Carolina, from two cotton sharecropers parents. She was an American tennis player and professional golfer. In 1956, she won the French Open, becoming the first black to win a Grand Slam title and hence cross the color line of international tennis. In both 1957 and 1958 , she won both the Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals, the precursor of the U.S. Open. This won her the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year. During her career, she won 11 Grand Slam tournaments, including six doubles titles. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame. In the early 1960s she also became the first black player to compete on the women's professional golf tour. She died on September 28, 2003.