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 | Serena with a first title since Wimbledon 20101-08-2011 |
American tennis player Serena Williams won the first title win at Wimbledon since 2010 after beating Marion Bartoli in the final of the tournament in Stanfard 7-5, 6-1.
The smaller of the Williams sisters away from courts for almost a year because of injury, this was her only the third tournament in 2011. American fell to 169 position in world rankings, but the tournament in Stanfard showed a very strong game and won deservedly. She consistently removed Anastasia Rodionova, Maria Kirilenko, Maria Sharapova and Sabine Lisitski before to deal with the Frenchwoman Bartoli in the final. Stanfard triumph helped Serena to climb to 79th place in the world rankings.