Internet Desk: The American tennis sensation Serena Williams on Saturday won her 23rd Grand Slam title at the Australian Open by beating her sister Venus in two sets 6-4, 6-4 in the final in Melbourne.
Serena, 35, now holds the record of major titles win in the professional era ahead of Germany’s Steffi Graf.
The younger sisters found first in the world at the expense of German Angelique Kerber, defending champion was eliminated in the knockout stages.
It is the seventh title in Australia of Serena, fourteen years after the first, that she had already won by beating her sister in the final.
Venus, 36, 17th World itself sacred seven-time Grand Slam, was playing his first major final since 2009. It was the ninth Grand Slam final between the Williams , Serena now leading 7-2, but The first in nearly eight years (Wimbledon 2009).
Serena clearly dominated the game, as expected, but she had to overcome a bad start. Apparently nervous, she has committed no less than 13 unforced errors in the first five games, against only one in the last five of the first inning.
Subsequently, she imposed her ability to make the point in one or two racket shots.