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Serena Williams ties Venus in tournaments wins

There was a time that Serena Williams only cared about the major tournaments like Wimbledon and the Australian Open and gave lackluster efforts at the smaller events.

That’s why people like Dinera Safina and Caroline Wozniacki ended up being number one despite never having won a major title.

But now, at the age of 30, Serena is giving a full effort each time she steps onto the court – no matter where it is.

She certainly proved that with a crazy schedule that had her flying to Northern California after her Wimbledon victory just a week ago to compete in the Bank of America Classic at Stanford University.

She now has to turn around and return to London to compete in the Olympics which begin next week.

But at least her effort was worth it. Serena won the tournament at Stanford and in doing so, equaled older sister Venus Williams’ total of 43 WTA Tour titles – the most among active players.

The 30-year-old Serena has won 28 of her last 29 matches and is now joint sixth on the all-time list of WTA Tour title winners.

Martina Navratilova tops the all-time list with 167 titles, ahead of Chris Evert who has 157. Steffi Graf is third with 107 followed by Lindsay Davenport with 55.

“I’ve never felt this fit, this strong, this happy to play — and I think I can be even better,” Serena said after the win.

“I want to sustain this momentum and build on what I did at Wimbledon. I’m going to get back on the grass now for the Olympics — I’m not sure when I’m heading back to London, but I’ll do it as soon as I can.”

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  1. Its great to see her focused on the spot again, and, I agree to fly all the way from the UK and hit the courts was a good thing for her and fans.

    And, props to Coco, great run for her, and, she has a great serve and fantastic ground strokes, now, all she seems to have to do is get the to work togather.

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