Agnieszka Radwanska will not be overawed when she faces the biggest hitter in women's tennis in the Wimbledon final.
Pole unfazed by the power of Saturday's opponent
Agnieszka Radwanska will not be overawed when she faces the biggest hitter in women's tennis in the Wimbledon final.
The Pole claimed a 6-3 6-4 victory over Angelique Kerber in Thursday's semi but now takes on four-time champion Serena Williams, who is attempting to emulate sister Venus and win a fifth title.
Williams fired a tournament record of 24 aces in her semi-final victory over Victoria Azarenka, and has defeated Radwanska with ease in their two previous encounters.
Surprisingly though, they have not played each other since 2008 and the Pole
was keen to play down the significance of those two matches, in which she won a combined total of just eight games.
"It was a long time ago," she said. "But it's always tough. She's a very tough opponent and hitting the ball very well. Of course she's playing great tennis on the grass.
"I think I don't really have anything to lose, so I'm just going to try my best."
Powerful
While left-hander Kerber struck a powerful ball throughout their semi-final, nobody in the women's game matches ferocity and precision quite like Williams.
"Every player is different, but most of the players are very powerful," Radwanska said. "I'm just going to try to mix up everything."
Radwanska was a girls' singles champion at Wimbledon in 2005, and would love to go one step further than Jadwiga Jedrzejowska, the last Pole to reach a grand slam final, and carry off the women's title.
"I know that she was the finalist here many years ago," Radwanska said. "I'm just very happy that I can be the second player from my country to reach the final.
"I was the first player from Poland to get to a semi-final for many years, so I think this is already a big success. And now here in the final, so it's even bigger.
"For sure this tournament is already a big part of tennis history in Poland. I'm happy to be part of that."
