Venus Williams has insisted that her full focus is on winning the Australian Open after booking her spot in the third round with a straight-sets victory over Lauren Davis.
The 34-year-old continued her perfect start to 2015 with a seventh successive win of the year, and she claims that her confidence is allowing her to target a first Grand Slam title since 2008.
"For me, I've won in my life. I've won a lot of things. For me it's about titles, so no matter what the title is for me, to the finals is the same thing as the third round if I didn't win. For me, it's about hopefully trying to take titles home," Williams told reporters.
"You know, last year I got in the circle to hopefully take titles quite a few times, and sometimes came up short. That's pretty much where I want to be. That's my focus really is, how close can I get myself to be in that winner's circle."
Williams has not progressed past the third round of the Australian Open since 2010.
Callum Mulvihill
