Serena Williams wins 21st Major with win over Garbine Muguruza

Serena Williams defeated Spaniard Garbine Muguruza in straight sets 6-4, 6-4, to win the 2015 Wimbledon Ladies Singles Championships.

Williams completed the “Serena Slam” by winning four straight majors for the second time. This is Serena’s 6th Wimbledon win and her 21st grand slam. If Serena wins the US OPEN, she would become the first player since Steffi Graf in 1988 to complete a calendar-year grand slam.

Garbine Muguruza

The “Old Gray Lady” Obviously Can’t See that Serena Williams is a Woman

Ben Rothenberg, a New York Times writer, wrote an article last Thursday, just before the Wimbledon Championships Finals on Saturday, discussing female tennis players’ body types. The essence of the article points to their body image being a balancing act. In addition, Rothenberg goes on to say that Serena's body is not the epitome of feminine beauty but one of masculinity. He goes on to contrast Serena’s body with that of skinny white girls like Maria Sharapova and Agnieszka Radwanska (who resemble 13-year-old boys).

Radwanska purposely doesn't want to look fit or muscular because "I'm a girl." And Sharapova had the nerve to say she wants to be skinnier, which is a joke because she's barely visible now.

What's critical, from my perspective, is the timing of the article.

I believe some people will try anything to throw Serena off her game so that she does not win the 2015 Wimbledon title. And, more importantly, I believe it is to taint the immeasurable success that Serena Williams would enjoy after her imminent and historic victory.

SERENA WILLIAMS defeated Spaniard Garbine Muguruza in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 to win the 2015 Wimbledon Championship. In so doing, Williams completed the “Serena Slam” by winning four straight majors, a second time for her. This is Serena’s 6th Wimbledon win and her 21st Grand Slam. If Serena wins the US OPEN, she would become the first player since Steffi Graf in 1988 to complete the calendar-year grand slam.

With this win, Williams also became the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam singles title in the Open Era at 33 years and 289 days old, beating Martina Navratilova, who won the 1990 Wimbledon Championships at 33 years and 263 days old.

Women's Tennis Association's Wimbledon Grand Slam Seeding and Draws Seem to be Biased Against Serena Williams

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) goes on the bench because of its rankings and grand slam tournament seeding and draws, especially the current Wimbledon championships, which has loaded Serena Williams' top half of the draw with Maria Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka, Lucie Safarova, Sloane Stephens and her sister Venus Williams, whom she will play next in the quarter finals.

The on-air analysts and commentators never seem to question the WTA’s grand slam tournament seeding and draws. The tennis media always seem resigned to say well Serena will earn this championship if she can get through. Meanwhile the bottom half of the draw, where Sharapova normally resides, was occupied by defending champion Petra Kvitova until she was unceremoniously ousted by veteran bad girl, Jelena Jankovic.

As two-time US OPEN champ Tracy Austin pointed out, with Petra out, the bottom half of the draw has no major championships, while Serena's top half has 34 grand slam victories and even taking Serena's 20 out, that still leaves 14 major winners. And coincidently, American Madison Keys, is the only black player in the bottom half, while Serena has already played the match of the tournament against Great Britain's own black rising star, Heather Watson and miraculously staging a comeback with Watson’s two points from winning.

Serena will potentially play what would be three finals to get to the finals while her opponents will walk through and only have to produce their best tennis once for a chance at history. And they have the nerve to ask why the sisters pulled out of playing doubles. I don't think the powers that be want Serena to break the all-time record for majors and they definitely don't want her and Venus to meet in the finals.

So, WTA, you’re on the bench!

VIDEO: Serena Williams defeats Spaniard Garbine Muguruza in straight sets 6-4, 6-4; greatest women's tennis player ever

SERENA WILLIAMS takes Wimbledon; she defeated Spaniard Garbine Muguruza in straight sets 6-4, 6-4. In so doing, Williams completed the “Serena Slam” by winning four straight majors, a second time for her. This is Serena’s 6th Wimbledon win and her 21st Grand Slam. If Serena wins the US OPEN, she would become the first player since Steffi Graf in 1988 to complete the calendar-year grand slam.