Serena Williams wins her sister Venus and wins Australian Open

Serena Williams wins her sister Venus and wins Australian Open

With a 6-4 double, the American clinched her 23rd Grand Slam title and her seventh title in Melbourne.

American Serena Williams won her 23rd Grand Slam title by beating her sister Venus in a two-set, 6-4 double, Saturday in Melbourne in an emotional Australian Open final.

Serena, 35, now holds the solo career record of professional titles ahead of Steffi Graf (22), approaching the absolute record of the Australian Margaret Court (24), present in the presidential roster of the Rod Laver Arena , Seeing his successor stay a step away from his mark.

Given the ease with which Serena advanced in this edition of the Australian Open, it seems that reaching the big 24 will not pass this season.



His first major title was the US Open 1999, almost 18 years ago. "I would not have reached the 23 titles without you, in fact I would not be anywhere, you're the one that motivates me, the only reason the Williams sisters exist." You have completed an incredible comeback, "he said at the Serena trophy His sister, back to the foreground after many physical problems.

"Serena Williams, this is my little sister, you have accomplished something amazing, your victory has always been my victory.I think you know, I am very proud of you," said an excited Venus.

With this triumph the little Williams sister will recover the first place of the WTA classification after the elimination of the German Angelique Kerber, who defended title in Melbourne, in the round of 16.

Nerves at start-up

Without the German, who last year reached a level that allowed him to compete from you to you with Serena, the other candidates of the women's competition; The Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza, the Czech Karolina Pliskova, the Polish Agnieszka Radwanska or the Romanian Simona Halep were also unable to reach the semifinals, leaving the way clear. The American reaches the seven victories in Australia, 14 years after the first, when also it beat to its sister in the end. The game of Saturday was the ninth brotherly final between the Williams in Grand Slam, with a balance of 7 victories and two defeats for Serena. It was the first time they faced for the title since they did at Wimbledon 2009. As expected Serena dominated the game thanks to its greater power, although it had to recover from a bad start. Apparently nervous, she committed 13 direct fouls in the first five games. He corrected this trend and only committed one in the last five of this first set. He then imposed his ability to close the points with one or two blows and finished the match in 1 hour and 22 minutes. Venus, 36, the oldest player in the competition, and 17th on the WTA list, disputed her first major final since 2009. Winner of 7 Grand Slam tournaments, she returned to the elite after several seasons in which problems Prevented him from performing to the fullest.