AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Serena Williams overpowers Sharapova for title
She claims her eighth, and most improbable, Grand Slam title with a 6-1, 6-2 rout of top-seeded opponent.
From the Associated Press
7:55 PM PST, January 26, 2007
MELBOURNE, Australia — Serena Williams won her eighth and most improbable Grand Slam title, overwhelming top-seeded Maria Sharapova, 6-1, 6-2, in the Australian Open on Saturday.
Only the second unseeded woman to win the Australian title in the Open era, Williams came into the tournament ranked No. 81 after spending most of last season on the sidelines because of a knee injury.
It was her first title in 15 tournaments since winning the 2005 Australian Open, and the most dominating win in a completed championship match at Melbourne Park since Steffi Graf beat Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, 6-0, 6-2, in 1994.
Williams finished off Sharapova with a backhand winner, then threw her racket in the air and dropped onto her back on the court.
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Venus' Younger Sister
I watched the match between Serena and Sharapova. I was hoping that Serena would win before the match began. Twenty minutes into the match I thought it was all over but the shouting. The girl put an old fashioned whupping on Sharapova, the new Great White Hope.Â
Saw it. Serena kicked her
Saw it. Serena kicked her ass, and metaphorically, many others!