PARIS -- Serena Williams thinks her best years may still be ahead of her at the age of 31. She overcame stubborn resistance from defending champion Maria Sharapova in the French Open final on Saturday to clinch her 16th Grand Slam title, beating the Russian 6-4, 6-4 and extending her own winning streak to 31 matches. "I want to go out in my peak. Thats my goal. But have I peaked yet?" Williams said. "I definitely want to continue my journey to get a few more." Williams has some way to go before retiring, then, and a long way to go to match Australian Margaret Courts 24 major titles. But she will catch Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert by the end of the year if she wins Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. That would then leave Helen Wills Moody (19), Steffi Graf (22) and Court -- who may just be a little too far off to catch. "I always said that I felt like I have never played my best tennis. I have said that for years, that I feel like I can always do better and play better," Williams said. "The day I feel that I cannot improve, its going to be a problem for me. Im going to have to debate whether I should keep playing. But I feel like as of know I can do a lot of things better." Williams certainly does not feel slower with age. "I have never felt so fit," she said. "If I see someone thats 31, Im like, Youre old. Then Im like, Im 31. But I dont feel it." Williams elation on clinching her second French Open title almost made up for her despondency felt in her shock first-round loss to 111th-ranked Virgine Razzano at Roland Garros last year. "Im still a little bit upset about that," Williams said. "If I lose all hell breaks loose, literally." It did teach her a lesson. "A champion isnt about how much they win but its about how they recover from their downs, whether its an injury or whether its a loss," she said. Both Sharapova and Williams started their careers with a bang, winning their first Grand Slams when they were 17: Sharapova a few months younger at Wimbledon in 2004 than Williams was at the U.S. Open in 1999. The 26-year-old Sharapova, who has won each of the four Grand Slams once, is unsure she will still be playing when she gets to Williams age. "If youre at that stage in your life where you still are motivated to go out and win tennis matches ... thats an amazing effort," Sharapova said. Sharapova was briefly on top: up 2-0, 40-15 early in the match -- but Williams took control. "Shes doing what shes always done extremely well, but shes just doing it on a much more consistent level," Sharapova said. "Shes always had a good serve." So good, in fact, that Sharapova said Williams has been "serving harder than David Ferrer when he gets to the final of Roland Garros." Williams had three aces in her last service game and 10 overall, compared to 2 for Sharapova. "I am not the tallest girl on tour," Williams said. "I use my height in a very effective way, and I use it to the fullest of my ability." Ferrer will have to do that, and raise every other aspect of his game, to have any chance of stopping Rafael Nadal winning his eighth French Open title in Sundays all-Spanish final. He has lost his past 16 matches to Nadal on clay. Sharapovas record against Williams is also terrible. Shes lost 13 consecutive times and won only three sets in those defeats. Unsurprisingly, she wants now wants to focus on where she feels most comfortable -- on grass. "I love all the tournaments that are coming up, especially Wimbledon," she said. "When I get to the grass I always feel that motivation." If they both reach the Wimbledon final, the roles will be reversed, with Williams as defending champion and Sharapova the challenger. Williams has a bit of extra motivation for Wimbledon. 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