Simona Halep's dominant win spoils Serena Williams' bid for 24th Grand Slam title

Serena Williams' offered for a 24th Grand Slam title was ruined Saturday by No. 7 seed Simona Halep, who overwhelmed Williams 6-2, 6-2 at Wimbledon

This is Halep's first Wimbledon title, with her solitary other significant title coming at the 2018 French Open.

In spite of the fact that Williams has won multiple times at the All England Club, this is the second continuous year she has missed the mark in the finals.

"When somebody plays lights-out, there's truly very little you can do," Williams said. "I think my adversary simply played mind blowing."

Williams had recently beaten Halep each of the multiple times the two met in Grand Slam matches, yet Saturday was an alternate story. The match was never especially close, with Halep winning the initial four amusements on the way to a shockingly simple triumph in straight sets, holding Williams without a solitary break point.

"I think I played my best tennis ever," Halep said. "I simply didn't consider what's going on and where I am, I simply needed to be forceful, to play my arrangement."

Halep said she made an effort not to consider confronting probably the best player in the game during the match.

"I don't put weight on myself," Halep said. "All that I concentrated on, it was myself and the way that I played extraordinary in the elimination rounds and I have the game to play on grass."

The misfortune is Williams' most exceedingly terrible in her Wimbledon finals vocation; she had never completed with less than five recreations won. She's likewise never been crushed in such predominant style at any Grand Slam last.

Williams, who was seeded eleventh this week, hasn't won a Grand Slam title since the Australian Open in 2017.