Serena Proves She's The Best Ever With 23 Grand Slam Titles And The Internet Can't Agree More

Arguably the best tennis player ever, Serena Williams beat her sister Venus in straight sets in the final of 2017 Australian Open to set a record in the Open Era of winning 23 Grand Slam singles titles.

Reuters

Before the highly-anticipated summit clash, Serena was tied at 22 major titles with Steffi Graf and now she goes one more than that mark. She still remains one title behind the all-time leader, Margaret Court, who has 24 overall Grand Slam titles in the Open and amateur eras.

AP

It was also the seventh Australian Open title for Serena Williams to go along with her seven titles at Wimbledon, six at the U.S. Open and three at the French Open.

During the match which Serena won 6-4 6-4, both sisters started off nervously, losing their serves in the first four games. Serena Williams started the match nervously, dropping serve twice to start the first set. After making three double-faults in the fourth game to get broken, however, the younger Williams didn't face another break point in the match.

AFP

The match-up between 36-year-old Venus and 35-year-old Serena was the oldest for a women's major final in the Open era, with a combined 71 years, 11 months.

AFP

Here's how the internet reacted to Serena's monumental feat...

Most Grand Slam titles
24 Margaret Court
23 Serena Williams
22 Steffi Graf
19 Helen Wills Moody
18 Chris Evert/Martina Navratilova#AusOpen

¡ª Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) January 28, 2017

.@serenawilliams 23 Grand Slam Titles:@AustralianOpen ??????????????@rolandgarros ??????@Wimbledon ?????????????? @usopen ????????????

¡ª Luis. 23x Grand Slam (@serenapower_) January 28, 2017

Congrats @serenawilliams on your 23rd major title and return to the top of the@WTA rankings. You are a history maker and a trailblazer.

¡ª Billie Jean King (@BillieJeanKing) January 28, 2017

- Open era record 23 Grand Slam titles ?
- Most #AusOpen titles in Open era ?
- No.1 ranking regained ?
Catch @serenawilliams if you can... pic.twitter.com/ptf8d9Av8E

¡ª Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) January 28, 2017

Oh, yeah, this means Serena Williams is back to being WTA #1 again, too. Almost a formality. She's the best, by far, by any number you want.

¡ª Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) January 28, 2017

Serena Williams: Over two decades of dominance ?? pic.twitter.com/O6jvcnxxVG

¡ª Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 28, 2017

GSM @serenawilliams
6-4 6-4
Slam 23 and back to #1
THE GREATEST EVER

¡ª Serena News (@SWilliamsNews) January 28, 2017