Serena Wins Record Grand Slam Title
Serena Williams beat
her sister Venus Williams to win a record 23rd grand slam title, while
also wining her 7th Australian Open title.
With this feat, Williams,
35, is now Steffi Graf for the most
major titles in the Open era. Margaret Court has the all-time record and was
also in the crowd for the final at Rod Laver Arena.
Court won 24 majors,
but collected 13 of those before the Open era which began in 1968 after the
sport became professional
By this victory, Serena
has also moved back to become world number one.
It will be recalled
that she lost her number one spot last September after 186 straight weeks when
Angelique Kerber won the U.S. Open.
The new world number
one praised her sister, Venus, 36, for being her inspiration: “Thank you Venus
for inspiring me to be the best player I can be and inspiring me to work hard.”
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