Rodger Federer, he is an absolute favorite to win this title.
Johanna Konta admits her first thought after losing her Wimbledon semi-final to Venus Williams was: "Damn, I'm done". "It's been a blessing. Today I stepped on court super confident and everything went well", Muguruza said. It will be an afternoon to forget for her, though she should look back on her awesome journey to the last four in the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world and focus on that in the weeks and months ahead. "It won't be a given but I'll give it my all".
Konta was hoping to become Britain's first female singles champion in 40 years at SW19 but Williams proved a class above and sealed a 6-4 6-2 victory.
"She did what she does well, she dictated the match from the very first ball till the very last one", Konta said. She improved her singles record to 87-14 at the All England Club, with titles coming in 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2008.
"No point was easy". At Wimbledon, where she is a five-time champion and now a nine-time finalist, Williams will not have to deal with the difficulties of facing her sister, who is seven months pregnant and back in the States.
Saturday's victor will also move into the Top 5 of the WTA rankings on Monday.
Konta, who defected from Australia in 2012 after her funding was cut, lauded the remarkable Williams after the veteran reached her ninth Wimbledon decider. "It's going to be, you know, like a historic final again".
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Garbine Muguruza v Magdalena Rybarikova on 13-07-2017 in Wimbledon Women. She started displaying very negative body language, sighing, shrugging her shoulders and making poor challenges against line calls. "It was a tricky match". "I'd like to think that I can continue to rely on that as the matches continue". The entire match lasted just one hour four minutes, with Muguruza hitting 22 winners.
But she has rediscovered her mojo on grass, dropping the fewest games of any player in this year s tournament after burying Rybarikova with 22 winners compared to eight from the Slovak. Upsets were abound throughout the tournament, including another one in the event's semifinals.
"Even if the score is 6-1, 4-1, or something, you're never calm, no matter what happens", Muguruza said.
"So maybe starting the matches a little bit sooner, a little bit earlier in the day, and splitting them between the men and women". But it's still great. Can you imagine I had lost 8-6 in the third? I would be so close.
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