Serena Williams wins 22nd Grand Slam title

Tennis star, Serena Williams has hit another milestone winning her 7th Wimbledon title today, July 9.

Serena stormed to a 7-5, 6-3 straight set win at Centre Court on Saturday against German fourth seed Angelique Kerber who had earlier defeated her at the Australian Open final in January.

With the win, 34-year-old Serena has now matched the second all-time Grand Slam wins as she ties Steffi Graf‘s record of 22 Grand Slam total.

 ‘It’s been incredibly difficult not to think about it,’ Serena said of finally winning number 22.‘It makes the victory even sweeter to know how hard I worked hard for it.’

‘This court definitely feels like home, I have a match later today in the doubles, so I’ll be back out.’

Though the new achievement makes her tied as first for the most in the Open Era, she is now just two major titles off matching Margaret Court‘s all-time record of 24 wins.

Serena also holds the record for the only tennis player to have won 10 Grand Slam singles titles in two separate decades.