Serena Williams completed a clean sweep of her singles matches at the mixed teams Hopman Cup in Perth on Thursday as she prepares for her bid to make Grand Slam history at the Australian Open. However, the 37-year-old’s perfect singles record this week wasn’t enough to keep the USA in contention at what is expected to be the last Hopman Cup, where she has twice been a winner. Currently ranked 16th, Williams needs just one more Grand Slam singles title to equal the record of Australian Margaret Court, but hasn’t won a major since the Australian Open in 2017. “It was definitely good to play three singles matches here, not to mention the mixed,” she said after her singles match. Williams cruised through the first set against Boulter, but found a more competitive opponent in the second.

Source: Punch January 03, 2019 09:00 UTC