Serena enters elite club

Serena Williams has set her sights on holding all four Grand Slam titles at the same time after crushing Dinara Safina 6-0 6-3 in the final of the Australian Open on Saturday.

The American completed a non-calendar Grand Slam between 2002-03, which she dubbed the ‘Serena Slam’ and is already halfway towards repeating that feat after winning the US Open last September.

“The Serena Slam is something I’d like to do again,” she said. “It would be great to win more than one, more than two Grand Slams this year, more than three. That would be awesome.”

Williams is already one of just five women who have held all four Grand Slam titles at the same time. Maureen Connolly, Margaret Court and Steffi Graf are in the more exclusive club of women who won them all in the same year while Williams and Martina Navratilova did it over two seasons.

The next step for Williams is the French Open, starting on May 24. “Obviously my sights are on doing well in Paris,” Williams said. “I didn’t do well at all last year so when I get there, I won’t have that much to lose and I’ll just be really relaxed. I love Paris, I just can’t wait to get there.”

Saturday’s thrashing of Safina provided Williams with her fourth Australian Open title. It also made her a member of an elite group of just seven women who have won at least 10 Grand Slam titles.