Spain's Garbiñe Muguruza Advances to Wimbledon Finals, Faces Serena Williams

Spain's Garbiñe Muguruza has realized a dream to play against one of the tennis superstars she has been watching closely through the years. After beating Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska at the semifinals of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, the 21-year-old rising superstar will go up against Serena Williams to vie for the women's title.

Muguruza, who scored a feat when she defeated Williams at the 2014 French Open, has toughened up while inching her way to her first Grand Slam title.  When she was 19, Spain's pride lost to Williams at the 2013 Australian Open. Williams scored a victory anew at this year's Australian Open.

Williams is noted for being a powerful player who always picks up lessons from her losses. Muruguza stated that being up against Williams is, the "hardest match" a tennis professional can have, The New York Times reported. Hence, all eyes will be on how the fresh-faced Muruguza will give it her best shot.

A Wimbledon major win will elevate Muruguza's  ranking from number 38 to number six. The Venezuela-born tennis sensation, who realizes she has a tough opponent who has won numerous Grand Slam titles, said she is just happy to achieve what she has worked all her life to achieve, ESPN reported.

Muruguza, as sports observers noted, will have to contain her nerves and heed a good piece of advice given by Conchita Martinez, the only Spanish woman who tucked a Wimbledon singles title to her belt when she beat Martina Navratilova in 1994. Martinez has been telling the young and go-getting tennis contender to keep going; she is doing great.

Indeed, the female tennis player who has been playing at small professional events since the age of 14 has come a long way. If Muruguza wins, it will be a milestone in women's tennis in Spain. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario was the last female Spaniard who advanced to the Wimbledon finals, and that was back in 1996.