2010 Wimbledon: Day 12 action
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Successful title defense
Blasting her way to a 6-3, 6-2 victory on July 3, 2010, No. 1 Serena Williams of the United States captured her 13th Grand Slam singles title in her 16th major final appearance.
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Expressing elation
Breaking three times on seven chances while never facing a break point on her own serve, Serena Williams cruised to a straight-set win on July 3, 2010.
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Reason to celebrate
Serena Williams hit 29 winners to 15 unforced errors in her 67-minute championship victory over Vera Zvonareva.
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Coming up short
No. 21 Vera Zvonareva of Russia rallied from a set down in each of her previous two singles matches at Wimbledon, but she couldn't repeat that feat in the championship. She finished the match with just nine winners to 11 unforced errors.
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Determined effort
Serena Williams successfully defended her Wimbledon crown and now has four singles titles at the All England Club to her credit.
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Power play
Blasting a total of 89 aces, including nine in the championship match, No. 1 Serena Williams set a new tournament record.
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Making her mark
Ranked No. 21 at Wimbledon, Vera Zvonareva is the second-lowest ranked woman to make the Wimbledon final.
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Worth the win
Breaking in the match's eighth game, No. 1 Serena Williams of the United States then held her own serve to take the first set over Russia's Vera Zvonareva by a 6-3 score. The American broke twice more in the second set to secure the title.
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Ready and steady
By beating Russia's Vera Zvonareva in the singles championship, American Serena Williams exacted a bit of revenge for the Russian's defeat of the Williams sisters in the quarterfinals of the doubles draw.
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Facing the challenge
Vera Zvonareva is competing for both the Wimbledon women's singles and doubles titles in 2010.
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Following through
Heading into the 2010 Wimbledon women's singles championship, No. 1 Serena Williams of the United States hadn't dropped a single set and had been broken just three times. Those stats remained the same at the championship's end.
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Bending back
To make the women's championship in 2010, No. 21 Vera Zvonareva of Russia had to defeat such notable seeded players as No. 8 Kim Clijsters and No. 4 Jelena Jankovic.
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Opposing figures
While Russia's Vera Zvonareva was competing in her first career final at a Grand Slam tournament, her Day 12 opponent, American Serena Williams, was playing in her 16th major singles championship match and looking for her 13th title.
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Unseeded champions
Austria's Jurgen Melzer (right) and Germany's Philipp Petzschner were surprise Wimbledon winners in the men's doubles draw, prevailing in straight sets against the No. 16 team of Robert Lindstedt of Sweden and Horia Tecau of Romania, 6-1, 7-5, 7-5.
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Out of reach
Robert Lindstedt of Sweden (left) and Horia Tecau of Romania were broken at love at 6-5 in the third set, in what became the match's final game.
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Volleying for victory
In the first season they teamed up in doubles action, Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner captured their first Grand Slam championship.
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Shining silver
(L-R) Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan and Vania King of the United States earned a 7-6 (6), 6-2 victory over Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva of Russia in the ladies' doubles championship on July 3, 2010.
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Expressions of joy
Their championship win marked the first Grand Slam titles for both Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan (left) and Vania King of the United States.
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Shadow game
To advance to the championship, Vania King of the United States and Yaroslava Shvedova of Russia had to defeat the No. 3, 5, 6 and 14 seeded teams.
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Trophy time
Kristyna Pliskova of Czech Republic (left) and Sachie Ishizu of Japan pose with their winner's and runner-up trophies, respectively.
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Getting it done
No. 9 Kristyna Pilskova of the Czech Republic split the first two sets against Japan's Sachie Ishizu on July 3, 2010 before pulling out a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 victory to take the girls' singles title.
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Tracking the ball
Japan's Sachie Ishizu, the No. 10 seed in girl's singles at Wimbledon, finished with 24 winners to 17 unforced errors against No. 9 Kristyna Pilskova of the Czech Republic. Pliskova had 26 winners to 22 unforced errors.
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Going deep
George Morgan (left) and Lewis Burton of Great Britain prevailed in their boys' doubles semifinals match against Germany's Kevin Krawietz and Peter Heller, 6-3, 3-6, 15-13.
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Net gain
It will be an all-British boys' doubles championship, as Liam Broady (left) and Tom Farquharson of Great Britain beat Russia's Mikhail Biryukov and Alexander Rumyantsev in the semis, 6-0, 6-7 (4), 6-4.
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