Serena Williams simply destroyed Russian Maria Sharapova in straight 6-3, 7-6 to win the Australian Open as she overcame a bout of illness. The Russian was looking for her second win over the American since she defeated her at Wimbledon, when she burst onto the scenes as a 17 year old in 2004. The match was never in doubt as Serena broke early an assumed dominance. After a bout of rain, Serena had a fit of coughing but she immediately resumed play racking up another ace at 119mph.The second second was much tighter with each player holding serve and the dominant Serena racking up more aces. As the set went to a tie break Serena broke her opponent before serving out the match with her 17th ace of the match and the 19th career grand slam of her illustrious career to draw her within 3 of Steff Graff's open era record of 22 grand slam titles. There is no doubt that Serena Williams is a tennis legend.
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