Garbine Muguruza reckons her opponent in the Wimbledon women’s singles final will achieve something she never will even before play gets underway.

The former French Open champion will be contesting her second Wimbledon final, but for Williams it will be a ninth, 16 years after her first and Muguruza admitted that she does not believe she will be able to match that longevity.

“I think it's very impressive. Not everybody can do that,” said the woman who was only seven years old when Williams beat Lindsay Davenport in the Millennium year final.

“It has a lot to do with the strength of your body, your style of game, but for me, it's incredible.

“I don't think I could be 37 and playing that level.

“She just loves to play and she enjoys going out there, that’s what it shows when she keeps playing, even though she has achieved so many things.

“She's still motivated to go for more and still has the hunger, which is also very surprising.”

There is a curious parallel between what confronts Muguruza and the challenge that faced her coach Conchita Martinez the day she changed her life by becoming a Wimbledon champion in 1994 since that was the last Grand Slam final by Martina Navratilova who is, like Williams, considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time.

Muguruza was naturally aware of that, but does not believe there is anything to be learned from how her fellow Spaniard coped that day.

“It amuses me because it’s a big coincidence, but I can’t say anything about it,” said the 23-year-old.

She does feel she can draw upon her own experience of facing Williams’ younger sister in the final two years ago, however.

“Well, you know, that final helped me a lot to figure out a way to play better on grass, because before I was not very experienced and had not played a lot of grass court tournaments,” she said.

“It was just a very surprising moment when you reach a final in a tournament where you thought it was going to be difficult, but right now I know how to play more on grass.”

Perhaps even more relevant is how she has developed since beating the younger Williams sister to join Martinez as a Spanish Grand Slam winner last year.

She has had a difficult year since, dropping down the world rankings and making a tearful early exit when defending her French Open title in Paris last month, but she believes she is mentally stronger as a result of all that she has been through.

“I'm different, but not very different. It's not a long time ago,” Muguruza observed.

“I think my mind is more equipped this time because the more experience you get, the more you know how to deal with these situations, because they're very special.

“If you have felt it before, it's really helpful, so I just have more information about the situation.”