Serena Williams wins her 6th Australian Open title
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Change to tennis for the highly anticipated showdown between the two best women's tennis players in the world, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova as they took the court at the Rod Laver Arena to battle in the final of the Australian Open. The two are hardly strangers, but their rivalry is rather lopsided as Serena has beaten the Russian 15 times in a row and is unlikely to let up now as she chases her 19th career grand slam title and sixth at the event.

Sharapova serving in the far court. Both are known as big hitting baseliners and they don't disappoint. Vicious angle on the forehand winner from Williams.

Serean is up a break at 3-2 when the rain comes down and the towels come out. the match is delayed 12 minutes to close the roof.

We go to set point in the first with Williams up 5-3. Sharapova clips the net and Serena blasts a backhand winner to break her at love for the frame.

Williams would continue her thunderous attack in the second set. Another big two-handed backhand takes this one.

Now to championship point. And with Saharapova's back to the wall, she comes up with a stunning forehand winner that finds the corner. She later wins the game and forces a tiebreak.

Serena starts well, powering down a service return for a winner.
Now serving on another championship point, and Serena would nail her 18th ace of the match and after some uncertainty the result is confirmed and the celebration can begin. It's her 16th straight win over world number two Sharapova and Serena becomes the oldest winner of the Aussie Open at 33 years old. Her 19th career grand slam title moves her into second place all time, ahead of Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, who was on hand to present the trophy, the sixth Serena has won.

"It feels really good. It feels really good to be sitting here as the champion. I definitely didn't think I would be here in the beginning of the week, or the beginning of the two weeks, but it feels pretty excellent...19 was very difficult to get to ... took me 33 years to get here ... so I would love to get there. But I have to get to 20 first, and then I have to get to 21. There's so many wonderful young players coming up, so it will be a very big task. My next goal was just to get to 19," Serena said.

"If I'm getting to the Finals of Grand Slams, and setting myself up to play a match against Serena, I mean, I know it sounds -- maybe you're telling me I'm wrong -- but I'm happy to be in that position. I love the competition. I love playing against the best, and at the moment she is," Sharapova said.

Italians defeat Herbert & Mahut of France 6-4, 6-4

Meanwhile, Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini captured their first Grand Slam doubles title. The Italian duo, playing their ninth major together, defeated the all-French team of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 6-4 in the Men's Final. They also became the first all-Italian team to capture a Grand Slam men's doubles title in more than half a century, and their triumph marks their third doubles trophy overall. The team had previously reached the Semi-Finals of the 2011 US Open, and the 2013 Australian Open.