Serena Williams defeated her elder sister Venus and won a record 23rd Grand Slam title gioing ahead of Steffi Graf. Serena won the game with a score of 6-4, 6-4 against sister Venus to win the Australian Open on Saturday. It is her seventh win in the tournament. Tortured by nerves in a tense family affair, Serena had to produce some of her best tennis to overcome Venus who won the crowd at Rod Laver Arena by scrapping hard to the end.
The American's seventh title at Melbourne Park was won with an aggressive charge to the net and a desperate defensive backhand from Venus that floated into the tramlines.
