Serena Williams thankful for her serving prowess under pressure during the Australian Open final against Justine Henin.

Serena crucially saved eleven out of sixteen break points many of which with big serves. Her stock serve is the sliced one out wide to the deuce court, completely taking the opponent out of the point from the first shot and it worked time and time again against Henin.

"I don't think I served excellent, but I think when it was necessary I served really well," said Williams. "Even in the first game - I think that first game was like 10 minutes - that game was important. I ended up holding. She had a couple break points, I hit a couple bombs at the right time."

"So that definitely helped me out. Honestly, the longer the match goes the better my serve gets. So I felt like when I walked out there in the third set I was like, 'OK, I'm going to start serving better.''

It was one of the most competitive women’s Australian Open finals for a long time and Serena felt that Henin‘s game has improved a lot with all the changes she made before returning to the tour.

"I think her game is definitely better," she said. "I mean, it was excellent before she left but I think she's added a lot to it. She's attacking more, which is always good."

"As you saw today she took me to the umpteenth level. She clearly hasn't like lost a step at all since she's been gone. So I feel like I played a girl who's been on the tour for the past five years without a break."

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