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LONDON — It was Saturday afternoon at Wimbledon, and Serena Williams, Olympic gold medal already around her neck, spotted Bob and Mike Bryan heading off to try to get their own.

“She said, ‘Guys come on!’ ” Bob Bryan said. “And she gave me like a fist and this really tough face, and I thought, we have to adopt that persona.”

It was a fine model to follow.

Williams, who has dominated many a tournament in her emotional roller coaster of a career, has perhaps never been more dominant than she was in singles at these Olympics.

“I honestly don’t think I have ever played better from start to finish,” she said.

She became only the second woman to complete a career Golden Slam — a gold medal, plus wins in all four Grand Slam tournaments. The feat was first achieved by Steffi Graf in 1988 after she swept all four major titles that year. Williams can add the gold medal to her 14 Grand Slam singles championships, the most of any active woman.

In six matches in London, she did not come close to losing a set and came very close to not losing a game in the final against Maria Sharapova, a four-time Grand Slam singles champion and former world No. 1.

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