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[Guinevere]

At 33 years old, Serena Williams won her 19th Grand Slam title title this morning in Melbourne at the Aussie Open. That's 6 GS titles since she turned 30. 19 takes her ahead of both Chrissy Evert and Martina Navratilova. Only Steffi Graf with 22 titles, and Margaret Court with 24, are ahead of her.

[oldr_n_wsr]

Congrats to her.

[wesw]

in other news, andy murray wasn t a very good sport in the final

[rubato]

Not a good sport at all, is he?

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/f ... -open-2015

Five other occasions Andy Murray has suffered a sense of humour failure
World No4 smashed three rackets after losing to Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final, a tantrum which while unexpected was not totally out of character
andy murray smashes racket
Andy Murray’s attention turns to his rackets after losing in four sets to Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final. Photograph: Brendan Beckett/Corbis

Guardian staff

Monday 2 February 2015 07.19 EST

2006 Davis Cup, Montenegro

Great Britain are fined £1,434 after Murray swears at the umpire during a doubles match against Serbia’s Nenad Zimonjic and Ilia Bozoljac. The 18-year-old was incensed by a call made by Adel Aref during the match, which Murray and Greg Rusedksi lost. “We got a shocker and I told the umpire how bad he was,” Murray said. “I would have preferred everyone not to hear it but that’s what happens in sport when you get angry.”
2009 Monte Carlo Masters

Murray goes into volcanic mode when an umpire goes to check a line call during his semi-final against Nikolay Davydenko. Even though the umpire ruled the ball out, Murray thought he was pointing to the wrong ball mark and shouted: “No way. Oh my God.” The umpire reassured him the “ball is out” but Murray had trouble calming down. He won in straight sets.
2013 Wimbledon

The tournament may have been a glorious one for Murray but that did not stop him losing his rag, most notably in his semi-final against Jerzy Janowicz when the eventual champion reacted furiously to the decision to close the roof owing to fading light, thereby halting his momentum. “This is ridiculous, it’s not even dark,” Murray said. “I don’t understand the rules, it’s not fair.”
2013 US Open

Aware the US Open title was slipping form his grasp in meek fashion, Murray decided to smash his racket on the ground and slap his forehead during his quarter-final against Stanislas Wawrinkaat Flushing Meadows. He lost in straight sets and earned a code violation for racket abuse. “It was a tough day for me,” he said.
2014 Wimbledon

“Five minutes before the fucking match!” shouted Murray in the direction of the players’ box, where his coach Amélie Mauresmo, girlfriend Kim Sears and mother Judy were sitting, during his quarter-final defeat to Grigor Dimitrov. The deposed champion explained his rant was to do with the early-than-expected start of his match, although why he also shouted “shut the fuck up!” at the players’ box remains unclear. All in all, not a good day for the 27-year-old.

[MajGenl.Meade]

early-than-expected

Good old Grauniad

[Guinevere]

Andy Murray is a spoiled whiney brat. He has never been a favorite of mine, despite his talent -- and he's wasted a lot of it by being spoiled and whiney. He is GB's Andy Roddick.

Serena, on the other hand, has seemed to settle down and shake off her spoiled ways. And look how well she has done since. Murray should take a page from her book. The same transformation happened for Roger when he finally decided to give up being l'infant terrible and focussed on his talent and hard work.

[rubato]

Go Serena! She is a great champion and its nice to have an American doing well; the US men's side is pretty thin by comparison.


yrs,
rubato

[Long Run]

For most of the last 15 years, Serena could dominate any tournament when she has her A game (even her A minus game). She is definitely a credit to the sport. And she has a remarkably balanced life for a tennis player.

[Sue U]

For most of the last 15 years, Serena could dominate any tournament when she has her A game (even her A minus game).

How wretched life must be for Maria Sharapova.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Yeah but she's cute... fading a bit these days of course....

(ducks, covers, remains thankful he didn't post anything about Serena's terrifying thighs)