A Champion With Peers, Present Company Excluded

It took Serena Williams two months to go from the nadir of her Wimbledon embarrassment to Grand Slam champion in two months, emphatically claiming her 18th Grand Slam title on Sunday night. The 32 year-old American equalled the Major tally of Martina 

NEW YORK – Serena Williams was 17 and still in beads when she surprised the public and even her own family when she won the 1999 U.S. Open against Martina Hingis. Her 6-3, 6-3 defeat Sunday of good pal Caroline Wozniacki in Sunday's U.S. Open 

Serena Williams claimed her 18th singles Grand Slam title and her third straight U.S. Open title.

They did the cool thing, the classy thing, by bringing Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert out to embellish, or even to authenticate, the occasion of Serena Williams joining their 18 Grand Slam singles victory club Sunday evening after Williams toyed

The three greatest female tennis players in American history are now tied on the only list that matters: career Grand Slam wins. With a convincing 6-3, 6-3 victory over her good friend Caroline Wozniacki, Williams earned her 18th major title, tying her