Wimbledon 2015: Results, Highlights, Saturday Scores Recap from All England Club

Garbine Muguruza—all of 21 years old and playing in her first Grand Slam final—did exactly what one has to do when facing the great Serena Williams. She came out firing, hitting aggressive shots and building up a 2-0 lead, then 3-2, in the first set of the Wimbledon 2015 women's singles final on Saturday.

But it was not enough. Even fearless, gutsy tennis isn't enough when facing one of the world's great athletes in Williams.

The American superstar battled back to complete her "Serena Slam," winning her fourth Grand Slam title in a row, sixth at Wimbledon and 21st Grand Slam overall in straight sets over the upstart Muguruza, 6-4, 6-4. She also became the oldest woman to become Grand Slam champion in the Open Era.

Muguruza's run to the championship final was an unlikely one. Shaky in grass-court tournaments leading up to Wimbledon, she dusted off the likes of Agnieszka Radwanska, Angelique Kerber and Caroline Wozniacki to reach the final. 

Williams—who knows a thing or two about tennis and being a young player with prodigious talent—believes her opponent's performance in London is capable of being duplicated, and then some, per Wimbledon's official Twitter account:

Theirs wasn't the only final or match at Wimbledon on Saturday. Here's a look at some of the other championship results from Saturday at the All England Club.

Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Ladies' Singles Final	No. 1 Serena Williams	No. 20 Garbine Muguruza	6-4, 6-4
Girls' Singles Final	Sofya Zhuk	Anna Blinkova	7-5, 6-4
Gentlemen's Doubles Final	Juean-Juilen Rojer/Horia Tecau	Jamie Murray/John Peers	7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4

A  complete rundown of results can be found at the official Wimbledon website.


Highlights and Stats from Women's Singles Final

Muguruza started the match off strong, boosted by three-straight double faults from Williams very early on in the match. SB Nation's Ryan Nanni headed off an easy narrative after the shaky start from the tournament's top seed:

Muguruza played hard the entire way, but Williams found her groove and took the set 6-4 even after starting down 3-2 to her upstart competition. A costly double fault from Muguruza, her first of the match, at 5-4 helped Williams close out that first set.

She even outplayed Muguruza at the net in this power match, winning all six of her net-point opportunities in the first set (Muguruza won four of five). She also smashed 16 winners to Muguruza's six, although the latter did well enough to level Williams on first-set aces with three.

Williams bore down in the second set, utilizing her powerful, if sometimes inaccurate, serve to great effect and halting Muguruza's aggressive playing style.

ESPN Stats & Info highlighted just how overpowering Williams was in the second set:

Muguruza's serve was never going to be as devastating as Williams', a challenge just about everyone in women's tennis has to deal with. She did what she could with the opportunities given to her, and the young Spaniard's indomitable spirit was perhaps the lasting impression of the afternoon (other than, you know, Williams' timeless brilliance). 

After going down 5-1 in the second set, no one would have thought twice about Muguruza simply getting tired of fighting this almost Sisyphean fight against her skillful, world-beating opposition. But having come so close to the summit of women's tennis, Muguruza refused to give in, winning three games and breaking Williams after five points to make it 5-4.

ESPN's Trey Wingo praised Muguruza's fight at the brink, as did Grantland's Brian Phillips:

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Muguruza just hurled the sacrificial altar right into the royal box.

— Brian Phillips (@runofplay) July 11, 2015"

Williams dug in, of course, winning the next game to take the tournament. Wimbledon provided a look at her celebrating her win with the Venus Rosewater dish after the match, as well as congratulations from Muguruza:

In total, Williams won 78 percent of her first-serve points, while Muguruza managed just 53 percent in that category. Despite attempting some tough shots, Williams also kept her unforced errors at a reasonable level with 15.

Freelance journalist Carole Bouchard isn't sure if there's anyone in the women's game who can stop Williams at the moment:

Williams will be looking to move past her "Serena Slam" and earn a true, capital "T," The Grand Slam, by winning the U.S. Open in September. No doubt, every opponent she faces there will be aching to play spoiler to her quest for history, but at this point in time it seems highly unlikely anyone will be able to accomplish just that.

Williams hasn't lost an ounce of the competitive spirit that has helped push her to this point, nor has she lost much power, skill or grace at 33 years old. The U.S. Open could very well end up being a coronation of sorts for Williams as she builds her case for being the all-time great in the sport.

Stats via the official Wimbledon website unless otherwise noted.