The greatest: Serena Williams broke through barriers and shattered records | Andy Bull

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In our series on the best tennis players of the past 50 years, we consider the American who swept all before her time and again

You could build Serena Williams’s pedestal from her records. Pile up the 23 grand slam singles titles, more than anyone else has won in the Open era, and her 16 grand slam doubles titles, too. Add it to the 319 weeks she spent at the top of the world rankings, eight spells spread across 15 years, the longest stretch 186 weeks in a row. Combine it with the first “Serena slam” she won in 2002-03, all four majors back-to-back, and the second, when she did it all over again in 2014-15. Throw in the four gold medals she has won at the Olympics. You could keep on, until you had filled this page and the next with her achievements.

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Written by Andy Bull
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jul/01/the-greatest-serena-williams-record-books-tennis under the title “The greatest: Serena Williams broke through barriers and shattered records | Andy Bull”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.