Williams is the oldest woman to reach an Australian Open final in the Open era and the second-oldest to play a Grand Slam final after 37-year-old Martina Navratilova at Wimbledon in 1994.

For the men playing on day two at the 2012 Australian Open , it was business as usual. Led by Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray , the top ranked players went on about their tennis business and passed ...

It was also the second longest Grand Slam final of the Open Era, trailing only the 2012 Australian Open clash between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal which needed five hours and 53 minutes to finish.