Plenty expected Garbiñe Muguruza to make an over-respectful, cagey start. She broke in the opening game.
GAME OF THE DAY
Second set, Williams 5-4 Muguruza. Maybe the whole tournament’s best game. The 21-year-old, who had looked done for, produced a stunning battling display to gain an unlikely, match-saving break.
THE PRECEDENT
The omens were never good for the newcomer, though – who was five when Serena Williams won her first major. The last four first-time finalists have all been beaten: Muguruza, Eugenie Bouchard, Sabine Lisicki and Agnieszka Radwanska.