Serena Williams was aiming to win her 22nd grand slam, which would have tied her with German legend Steffi Graf for most in the Open era, Serena Williams lost in the Australian Open final to another German player: Angelique Kerber.
Kerber beat Williams 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to win the title, in her first grand slam title.
In her post-match comments, Kerber, fighting back tears, said, “My dream came true tonight.”
Williams, who is 34 years old and the No. 1 player in the world, won the first three Grand Slams in 2015 and was looking to complete that year’s “calendar” Grand Slam by winning the U.S. Open. But the pressure to achieve the feat seemed to affect her, and she lost in the semifinals in an error-filled match.
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