WIMBLEDON, England - Serena Williams squints when she tries to picture the future, maybe 10 years from now, when she is absolutely finished with tennis.
She thinks she might be living with her older sister Venus, and lots of dogs. "I've always dreamed of having tons of dogs," Serena said Saturday. "I've proven myself difficult to live with."
There was almost nothing Vera Zvonareva didn't find difficult about Williams on Saturday, not after Williams beat the overmatched Russian, 6-3, 6-2, a pummeling that took 67 minutes on Centre Court in the Wimbledon final.
This was the top-seeded Williams' fourth Wimbledon championship, and her 13th major overall, pushing her past Billie Jean King and into sixth place.
Williams gave a shout-out to King after her win. "Hey, Billie, I got you," Williams said. "Thirteen is my lucky number." King suggested that Williams could threaten to surpass two other Americans on the majors list.
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Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova each won 18. Margaret Smith Court had 24; Steffi Graf won 22, and Helen Wills Moody 19.
"If she keeps going," King said of Williams, 28, "she could become the greatest. In the last two years Serena has made a total commitment to breaking some records. I think she could go quite a long time if she pays the price and stays fit."
Against Zvonareva, Williams was fit and exacting.
She measured her forehands and didn't try to make extravagant winners, just precise ones.
Williams corralled her serve, placing it on the lines so often that Zvonareva tried several times to challenge the results via the electronic line-judging system, usually without hope.
Zvonareva would watch the replay while already standing behind the other service box, as if she just needed to see what she could not believe.
The final point was appropriate: a powerful overhead that was so certainly a winner that Williams threw her racket in the air before the ball bounced beyond the reach of Zvonareva.
"To have four Wimbledons is really, really exciting," Williams said.
Zvonareva never got a single break point against Williams, who served 89 aces in the tournament, 59 more than anyone else. She had only nine Saturday, but her serve kept Zvonareva flat-footed and off-balance.
Zvonareva said the result, or the fact that Williams did not lose a set in the tourney, should not mean other players can't have hope.
"She's beatable," Zvonareva said. "She's not a machine. It's very difficult to beat her. You have to play your best. But if you do, you can do it."
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• What: Men's final
• TV: 6 a.m., Channel 4
