Serena Williams fell to the ground in jubilation after the last point of her 6-4, 6-4 victory Saturday in the final of the Australian Open in Melbourne. Only Margaret Court’s 24, gathered mainly in the years before the Open era, remains ahead of Williams, who has seven Australian Open titles, seven Wimbledon titles, six U.S. Open titles, three French Open titles and a fresh, new stay at the No. She was the one her father, Richard Williams, forecasted would be the better of his two daughters, even when Venus Williams became the first sensation. Nineteen near-eternal years after Serena Williams turned up as a 16-year-old and beat No. 6 seed Irina Spirlea after losing the first set, she had sailed through another Australian Open in 14 spotless sets.

Source: Washington Post January 28, 2017 10:04 UTC