Serena Williams won 20th Grand Slam by beating Lucie Safarova at French Open

Serena Williams won her 20th Grand Slam and third French Open by beating Lucie Safarova by 6-3 6-7 (2/7) 6-2 on Saturday.

After getting the lead of 4-1 in the second set, the 13th seeded Lucie Safarova came back brilliantly in the decider by taking the lead of 2-0 but Serena won the next six games to win her 3rd French Open.

She is now third in the list of major champions behind Margaret Court (24) and Steffi Graf (22).

She is now on the way to winning four Grand Slams in the same  year that has previously been done by three women, the last was Graf in 1988.

Sarena has struggled throughout the tournament's second week due to the flue.

But after the two days of rest she came out, looking refreshed if more subdued than usual.

"I just couldn't  find any weapon that could stop here," Safarova said after the defeat.

"I was just trying to mix up the serves, trying to mix up the rhythm, trying to go for risky shots. But when she was on, she was just serving amazing and going for the returns, pressuring me right away. It's just hard to do anything with that," she added.