LONDON — A fresh-faced Spaniard who has a love-hate relationship with grass will be eager to prove in Saturday's Wimbledon final that the mighty Serena Williams is as human as the next person with blood, and not ice, pumping through her veins.
'Nerves' and 'Williams' are words that are not usually linked such has been the total dominance of the world number one who is gunning for her fourth successive grand slam title to complete the "Serena Slam" for the second time in her career.
But 21-year-old Garbine Muguruza has already proved that she has the power and intelligence to reduce the all-conquering American to a nervous wreck when she subjected Williams to a 6-2 6-2 pummelling at last year's French Open.