For those of you who didn't know, new Wimbledon champion Serena Williams once played a cameo role in the American TV drama, ER.

Williams played a mother whose children had been caught up in the aftermath of a plane crash.

Carrying her daughter in her arms, she rushed for help. No sooner had she found it than she wanted to head back to the burning building in which her son had last been seen.

The heroic nature of the character she played is unlikely to have been co-incidental.

The hero theme is one which Serena regularly mentions - and, in tennis terms, certainly lives up to.

Anyone who saw a BBC interview during the Championships would have discovered she wants to star in a "superhero" film after her tennis career is finally over.

And in her winner's press conference immediately following the final, she spoke of how she told herself to "try to do something like a hero" during the contest against sister Venus.

Whether you consider Serena's route from the crime-riddled streets of south-central LA to 11-time Grand Slam singles champion, heroic or not it's certainly some story.

But, just like the comic books teach you, special powers - or in her case special talent - have to be used correctly.

I don't think that many people out there would claim that Serena has the most natural talent on the WTA Tour.

But what she does have is an incredible will to win - one second to none in this pundit's opinion.

Rarely do you see the level of determination in any sporting arena that Serena possesses.

Many have criticised her over the years for not giving tennis her full attention - the ER cameo just one stick with which to beat her - but once on court, Williams will not give an inch.

It really is a never-say-die attitude she has and a remarkable statistic shows just what rewards her mental approach has reaped over the years.

No less than three times has Williams come from match point down in a Grand Slam tournament before going on to win the title, the latest example coming at this year's Wimbledon where Elena Dementieva played the match of her life against her but still lost.

No other player has even done this twice in the Open era.

The will to win should be held up as a shining example for aspiring players not only in tennis, but sport as a whole.

To hammer home the point, show them Williams' Grand Slam record too.

She's now onto 11 singles titles (and don't forget the nine doubles ones and two mixed) putting her seventh on the all-time list and just one behind the legendary Billie Jean King.

The title of Wonder Woman may already have been claimed.

Instead Serena will just have to settle for being known as the best player of her generation.

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