Serena Williams wins Australian open 2015

Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova in the Women's Singles final of Australian open 2015 at Melbourne, Australia. Serena Williams won her 19th Grand Slam title and moves past Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert with a 19th major singles title.

Serena Williams has now beaten Maria Sharapova, the world number two, 16 times in a row and is 17-2 in career matches against Sharapova, who hasn't won a head-to-head meeting since 2004.

The 33 year old Serena Williams became the oldest winner of the Australian women's title in the Open era and moved into outright second place on the list of major winners in the Open era, behind only Steffi Graf's 22.

Sharapova made a nervous start, double faulting to drop serve in game one, while Williams appeared keener than ever to shorten the points, possibly because of her ailment. The American world number one served superbly to win a pulsating final 6-3 7-6 (7-5) after Sharapova fought back in the second set.

Finally, a match worthy of the hype. Finally, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova gave us a contest worth talking about. And even if the outcome was a familiar one – a 16th consecutive victory for Williams, 6-3 7-6 – this was a final of high tension and high thrills, as the world’s top two players stared each other down, screamed each other down and refused to budge an inch.

"I have to congratulate Maria, she played a wonderful match and she really pushed me," said Serena Williams

while Williams has a 100 percent record at Melbourne Park, Sharapova dropped to 1-3 in Australian Open finals - her only victory coming in 2008.

"I haven't beaten her in a long time but I love every time I step on the court with her," said Sharapova, "I've had some of the best memories of my career on this court and also some of my toughest losses, but that's the life of a tennis player."

Congratulations to Serena Williams and hard luck but good effort by Maria Sharapova


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