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LONDON. July 8 Venus Williams, the fifth seed, won the women's sin- J gles title at Wim Medon on Saturday, beating the defending champion Lindsay Davenport 6-3. 7-6 in a Ihr 23min all-American battle, reports AFP
On clinching victory after Davenport fired" a return into the net 20-year-old Venus raised her arms aloft and raced into the crowd to embrace sister Serena, whom she beat hi an historic semifinal, and father Richard.
Venus, who says she has for years dreamed of winning the tournament, hugged Serena, the US Open reigning champion, as Mr Williams came to greet her.
The new champion, having finally captured her first Grand Slam title to emulate her younger sibling, could hardly contain her excitement and happiness afterwards after lifting the famous plate and securing a winner's cheque for 430.000 pounds (690.000 dollars).
"It's really great because I've been working so hard all my life to be here
This Is unbelievable and it is better than ihe men's cup in my opinion*" she added to gales of laughter from the ctowd
"You have to stay calm. It s not finished until the last point no matter how close you gH-
Venus joked she had her ball gown ready for the wlnnris ball which will follow tlie Championships.
1 Bought my gown before I
came here because 1 was determined to get this smiled the 20-year-old
World number two Davenport. suffering from a cold as well as back and thigh problems gamely shrugged off her huge disappointment.
"I knew she was playing really well throughout the tournament. I started to get back in the second sei but she was too
strong and I congratulate her on winning her first Grand Slam.
’I'm not going to walk away hanging my bead and I ho|>e I II be back here many times to try to win it again." said the 24-year-old Californian.
Venus who took the second set tiebreak after failing to sene out at 5-4 after a welter of breaks became the first black Ann i ii an womens champion hen- since Althea Gibson won her second singles title in 1958.
Venus was playing only her second Grand Slam final after a shock nin to the US Open final three years ago whereas Davenport already had three crowns under her belt.
Yet the big-hitting challenger was just too powerful, confident and ebullient for a less than fully-fit holder.
Serena had earlier looked on impassively as the match unfolded.
And she was clearly delighted for Venus, playing only her fourth tournament of the year after sLx months on the sidelines with tendinitis in both wrists, completed a glorious victory.
The showdown between the two rivals — both standing over sLx feet (1 m 80) tall — began half an hour after the scheduled 1300 GMT start as heavy morning rain had kept the covers on for most of the morning.
But when the stars came out to warm up the sun came out in their honour as match umpire Gerry Armstrong gazed anxiously upwards
A little history was made when 12 war-old Raju Tital. an orphan from Calcutta and nominated by a children’s charity chosen by All England Patron the Duchess of Kent, tossed the coin to see who would serve first.
The weather held up as Venus shrugged off the loss of the opening game on her own serve to reap two breaks of her opponent's as she made a confident start, though her play was by far from error free.
Davenport incredibly lost her first five points on her own serve, throwing in an early double fault — one of five in the match for the outgoing champion while Williams threw In seven.
It was difficult to believe that it was Davenport who had experienced the Unai atmosphere previously and her lesser mobility was a huge disadvantage as she was made to run around the court.
A forehand which landed long left Davenport 1-3 down and Venus held serve for -1-1. her vicious strokes ami ability to take the ball early
As well as capture her fourth Grand Slam crown. Davenport was bidding to close the gap at the top of the world rankings on Swiss miss Martina Hingis, whom Venus had dum|>ed out at the quarter-final stage here.
The 24-year-old Davenport appeared with her left thigh heavily strapped, sugesting she would' have problems pushing off her serve.