US Open 2013: Serena Williams [@serenawilliams] wins Fifth Title
Monday, September 09, 2013Omoba
World number one Serena Williams won her fifth US
Open title in a thrilling final against Victoria Azarenka at Flushing Meadows. The American, 31, overcame a determined opponent
and a testing wind to win 7-5 6-7 (6-8) 6-1 and repeat last year's final
victory against the Belarusian.
Williams has now won 17 Grand Slam singles titles,
moving her to within one of Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert, and seven
short of Margaret Court's record total of 24.
But after letting a double-break lead slip in the
second set, and twice failing to serve out the match, Williams was made to dig
as deep as in any of her 16 previous major wins.
"Vika's such a great opponent, such a great
fighter and that's why she's been able to win multiple Grand Slams,"
Williams said of Azarenka after their contest.
"That's why it was never over until match
point.''
Azarenka, 24, had beaten Williams twice this year, the
last time in Cincinnati on the eve of the US Open, and clearly believed
she could defeat the American on a bigger stage.
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