EXCLUSIVE: The Serena Williams factor that still looms for ‘scared’ Australian Open rivals – Wide World of Sports

By her own ridiculous standards, 2020 was a disappointing year for Serena Williams. For the first time since 2006 she didn’t appear in a grand slam final, a combination of her Achilles tendon and the pandemic conspiring to keep her off the game’s biggest stage.
Now fully fit again, she returns to Melbourne with her eye once again on an elusive 24th major title, to match the record set by Margaret Court more than four decades ago.
In an era where so many of sport’s all-time records have been equalled,…

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