Serena "It's been an unbelievable journey for me" Serena Williams wins 5th Wimbledon Title

Serena Williams wants to add to her 14 grand slams

A jubilant Serena Williams described winning her fifth Wimbledon title as the end of "an unbelievable journey", less than two years after a serious injury which later led to a life-threatening illness. The American returned to the tour 12 months ago and her triumph over Agnieszka Radwanska was a reward for the enormous hard work she has put in since then.

Shortly after she won Wimbledon in 2010, Williams stepped in broken glass and complications over the injury meant she required two sets of surgery. Months later she was in hospital, recovering from a blot clot on one of her lungs and wondering if she would ever play again.

"There was a moment, I just remember I was on the couch and I didn't leave it for two days," Williams said as the enormity of her achievement finally began to sink in. "I was just over it. I was praying [thinking] I can't take any more. I've endured enough. Let me be able to get through this.

"[But] I didn't give up. I was just so tired at that point. I had a tube in my stomach and it was draining constantly. Right before that I had the blood clot. I had lung problems, two foot surgeries. It was a lot. I felt like I didn't do anything to bring on that. I just felt down, the lowest of lows.

"Coming here and winning is amazing because last year I was ranked almost 200," she said. "It's been an unbelievable journey for me. It's the beginning of a great phase. This whole tournament I felt really great physically. So I think it's definitely the beginning of something great. I hope it is."

Williams, who joins sister Venus Williams on five Wimbledon titles, said the support of her family and friends had helped her get through it. Having been through so much, she said she hoped to add to her tally of 14 grand slam singles titles sooner rather than later.

Topping a fifth Wimbledon title will take some doing, but Williams had an easy, quick answer. "Are you kidding?" she said. "The US Open, the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon 2013, the WTA Championships."

With her 31st birthday just a couple of months away, keeping the young guns at bay may be easier said than done but having come through so many problems, anything is possible.

"I have never felt better," she said. "This whole tournament I have pretty much been injury-free. I played so much. Normally I play two events, but this one was different because I played every day, two matches a day for a while. I haven't done that in a long time, and I felt great."

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