Serena Williams rewrote tennis history once again this time defeating sister Venus Williams across the bet and her fiance Alexix Ohanian watching from the stands. This time Serena was unstoppable and she defeated her older sibling in the Australian open final 6-4, 6-4 and collected her 23rd grand slam title to surpass Steffi Graf for the Open Era lead.
Currently Serena is only trailing all time leader Margaret Court by one major and the way she played in Melbourne — not dropping a set — Serena, 35, is looking good to achieve that feat later in 2017. After winning the championship Serena told the crowd,” “I felt like I really elevated my game this year. It’s such a great feeling to have 23. I’ve been chasing it for a really long time,” she later told reporters. “I knew I had an opportunity to get it here and I’m here.”
When Serena beat her older sibling in the Australian Open final 6-4 6-4, she collected a 23rd grand slam title to surpass Steffi Graf for the Open Era lead.”It’s never enough, 23, 24, 25As a considerable bonus Saturday evening, Serena also regained the No. 1 ranking from Angelique Kerber. Last year the German upset Serena Williams to win the title. On this Serena said “I didn’t know that,” “It feels good.”
Serena had her game face on throughout, but the sisters exchanged an extended hug after Serena converted on her first match point in one hour, 22 minutes. The competitors in them took a backseat.
However Venus Williams told the crowd referring to Serena, “Your win has always been my win,””All the times I couldn’t be there, didn’t get there, you were there.”
It simply wasn’t meant to be for Venus, who appeared to be the crowd favourite at Rod Laver Arena.
At 36, she was the oldest Australian Open finalist in the Open Era. Her celebration after winning in the semi-finals is sure to be one of tennis’ memorable moments come the end of the long campaign.
Venus had last played in a grand slam final in 2009 at Wimbledon, when Serena once again came out on top. Her career has been slowed after she was diagnosed with autoimmune disorder Sjogren’s syndrome in 2011.
“It was great to have an opportunity to play for the title,” Venus said. “That’s exactly where I want to be standing during these grand slams. That’s the highlight of all this, is to be in that moment.”
