It wasn't pretty but she got 'er done.
These photos could almost be part of RuPaul's Drag Race promotion.
Last night in Melbourne Serena Williams won her 5th Australian Open title beating Justine Henin, 64 36 62. It was a very sloppy match. In fact, one might argue that Serena got lucky cuz just a couple points going Justine's way in the first set and the Belgian is a straight-sets winner.
Justine will have nightmares about all those missed break points - she was only 5 of 16 and so many of those were in the first set...
So now Serena has 12 Slam titles (5 Aussie, 3 Wimby, 3 USO, 1 French) and ties legend Billie Jean King in 5th place on the Slam leader list. She is 6 behind the co-4th placers Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert with 18. She has a long way to go to catch Margaret Court's record of 24.
Well done Serena. Just don't expect to see her again until the tour swings into Miami in late March. (Please prove me wrong.)
Photos: Reuters
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