Serena Williams beat her elder sister Venus 6-4, 6-4 in the Australian Open final to win her 23rd Grand Slam title, which took her above Steffi Graf’s open era record of 22 majors.
The American sisters met for the ninth time in a Grand Slam final and Serena has now won seven of those matches.
And while Venus gave her all, Serena was simply too good – winning with relative ease – and without dropping a set in the entire tournament.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to one of the sporting world’s greatest ever:
Greatest ever. @serenawilliams #justdoit pic.twitter.com/NrU4R4k0yD
— Nike (@Nike) January 28, 2017
ALL-TIME GRAND SLAM TITLES WON:
1. Margaret Court – 242. Serena Williams – 233. Steffi Graf – 22 pic.twitter.com/kO0MRqgLvD— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) January 28, 2017
#Venus, to #Serena: “Your win has always been my win. All the times I couldn’t be there… didn’t get there, you were there” #trophyinthefam https://t.co/pjLY6bj3c1
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 28, 2017
Serena Williams has now won SIX of her 23 Slam titles without dropping a set.
2002—🍓🏆🗽🏆2008—🗽🏆2010—🍓🏆2014—🗽🏆2017—🐨🏆#AusOpen— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) January 28, 2017
Serena Williams pic.twitter.com/WgCBUrdHVh
— doublefault28 (@doublefault28) January 28, 2017
Serena’s like: fix it. pic.twitter.com/bgRpifiqQ7
— Steph (@StephintheUS) January 28, 2017
Serena Williams shows off a black/red Air JOrdan 1 x Air Flare PE with 23 lasered on the heel pic.twitter.com/M01Q7yZLf9
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) January 28, 2017
10 years ago, Serena won the AO ranked 81 & called “washed up.” Now, she leaves as the undisputed GOAT. #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/HWJolNry4R
— Matt Dowell (@TheMattDowell) January 28, 2017
Venus’ speech. The way she talks about Serena #bbctennis pic.twitter.com/NwqpCoJoMX
— Emma Saunders (@emma_saund) January 28, 2017
Serena Williams 🐐
23x Grand Slam singles champion 🏆7x #AusOpen champion 🔥World No.1 – AGAIN 🙌 pic.twitter.com/U6y8XfRUNL— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) January 28, 2017
Serena and Venus are the best of what America’s got. National treasures. #AusOpen
— Darren Sands (@darrensands) January 28, 2017
“Serena Williams. That’s my little sister guys. Your win has always been my win”
We’re welling up at Venus 😥https://t.co/D5SyvBR5pS pic.twitter.com/hEGwZ0bCiD— BBC Tennis (@bbctennis) January 28, 2017
Two words to sum up Serena Williams: legend and immortal. What an athlete. The Greatest of All Time.
— Liam Canning (@LiamPaulCanning) January 28, 2017
Working backwards, Serena’s last 10 Majors, this in the alleged twilight of her career:
WSFWFFSFWWWW— Jon Wertheim (@jon_wertheim) January 28, 2017
Serena is so important to women at this moment in time. That image of her focusing in, yelling at herself to “Fight! Fight!” is everything
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) January 28, 2017
Serena Williams has now won:
1 slam under Clinton 8 slams under Bush13 slams under Obama1 slam under TrumpShe’s immortal! #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/A2LfYsrkHD— BigSport (@BigSportGB) January 28, 2017
Feature image source: Reuters
