Serena levels Williams' series

Serena Williams clinched the second Grand Slam title of her career today with a 7-5 6-3 victory over sister Venus in the French Open final at Roland Garros.

It was the second time the sisters faced each other in a Grand Slam final after Venus ousted Serena in straight sets at the 2001 US Open.

Despite poor serving from both players, Serena proved the most aggressive throughout the match while repeated double faults from Venus let her younger sister cruise to victory in just over one hour and 30 minutes.

The Williams' show failed to live up to its promise in the first set as both players failed to hold serve.

Serena took her sister's serve four times, while losing hers three times, to clinch a 7-5 lead.

In the second set, Serena broke Venus again immediately and won her serve to clinch a 2-0 lead.

That soon became a 3-0 lead when Venus handed her sister the momentum by losing her serve again with a double fault.

Venus broke back to win her first game of the second set before she again double faulted to hand a 4-1 advantage to Serena.

Despite taking her sister's serve to come back to 4-3, Venus could not match Serena's firepower.

And the youngest of the Williams sisters finally sealed the match, converting the first of her two match points as Venus' forehand landed in the net.

Serena was delighted to pick up the second Grand Slam title win of her career to go with her US Open crown of 1999.

She said: "I am so happy to have won my second Grand Slam in three years, but obviously I am also a little bit sad for my sister."

Venus, who took a camera in among the press photographers to take pictures of Serena, added: "Hopefully I will get to the French Open final again next year. I don't think I served well today, that's where the key of the match was.

"Serena played tough and I could not make all the shots I wanted."