Venus Williams becomes most successful active player on WTA tour

Venus Williams became the most successful active woman player on the WTA Tour when she secured her 42nd title by successfully defending the Dubai Open on Saturday

Venus Williams became the most successful active woman player on the WTA Tour when she secured her 42nd title by successfully defending the Dubai Open on Saturday

Williams, who beat Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 7-5 in an absorbing final, thus overtook Justine Henin's record of 41 titles.

This has come only two months after another notable achievementu00a0-- a career total of 25 million dollars in prize money.

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