Wimbledon 2012: Why Serena Willams Will Win Her 5th Wimbledon Championship

Serena Williams will play for the 2012 Wimbledon Championship, and her experience playing for a Grand Slam title will help her to win her fifth title at Wimbledon. Serena Williams has played on Centre Court six times with a championship hanging in the balance, and she has won four times.

Williams makes her seventh appearance in the final in 2012. Williams has a long and storied tennis career, as she is a 13-time Grand Slam champion. Williams plays a power brand of tennis. She served 24 aces, a new Wimbledon record in her semifinal match.

Williams matches up against Agnieszka Radwanska in the final. She is the first Polish women’s tennis player to reach a Grand Slam final since 1939. Radwanska is the No. 3 ranked women’s tennis player in the world.

The matchup is an intriguing one, pitting 23-year-old Radwanska against 30-year-old Williams. Williams has been through it all from a tennis perspective, and this will be Radwanska’s first time playing for a Grand Slam title.

Radwanska is a player that likes to calculate out points and is more than willing to hit forehands and backhands from the baseline. She likes to keep the ball in play, while Williams loves to overpower her opponents with her serve and her ground strokes.

If this were a boxing match, Radwanska would be the counterpunching jabber, and Williams would be the knockout artist. It is a matter of execution at this point, and pressure is going to be a significant factor.

Williams has faced this pressure before. She is a crafty veteran, and a player that can handle what she will face Saturday. Radwanska had never played for a Grand Slam title before, and admitted that nerves were a problem during her semifinal win against Angelique Kerber.

Radwanska told the Associated Press:

"We both were a bit nervous in the beginning," Radwanska said. "Of course this is the semifinals, so you really want to try your best, but sometimes too much, and your hands a little bit shaking.”

"After a couple of games, I just relaxed a little bit. I was really focusing on every point."

Radwanska will try to calculate out points, and she will try to keep play going in an effort to frustrate Williams. Radwanska also struggles with her second serve, and it will make her first-serve percentage crucial.

Williams is going to try to dominate Radwanska in the final, with her first serve being the primary weapon. Points will be over quickly when Williams is serving, as the sheer power is something that Radwanska will not be able to overcome.

She will have a tremendously hard time breaking Williams’ serve, and it will add more pressure to an already pressure-packed situation. Points are going to be hard to come by, at least when Williams is serving.

It is going to be entertaining to see how it plays out, but it is a case where the knockout power of Williams will be too much for the counterpunch of Radwanska. Williams has to stay patient and play her game, and if she can, she will win her fifth Wimbledon title on Saturday.