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Having passed her earlier tests against more accomplished players, second seed Williams had far too many weapons for the 92nd-ranked Gibbs, who appeared overawed by the occasion at a sun-drenched Rod Laver Arena

The world number one’s struggles were highlighted by five double faults in the seventh game of the second set.
“It didn’t work out the way I wanted it to but at least I was able to make it to Rio – that was one of my goals,” Williams said

The emotional triumph drew the superstar level with Steffi Graf’s open-era record tally of grand slam titles, after Kerber denied her the milestone in this year’s Australian Open final and Garbine Muguruza thwarted Williams again in last month’s French Open decider