{"id":16268,"date":"2013-10-27T01:10:26","date_gmt":"2013-10-27T01:10:26","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-10-27T01:10:26","modified_gmt":"2013-10-27T01:10:26","slug":"Serena-Williams-beats-Li-Na-for-WTA-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=16268","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams beats Li Na for WTA title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Williams capped a career year in style Sunday, earning her 11th title by coming from behind to beat Li Na 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 for her second straight WTA Championships crown.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Li was in her first WTA Championships final and will finish the year at a career-high No. 3.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The final featured two players above the age of 30 for the first time in the championships’ 43-year history. Williams is 32 and Li is 31 but both are playing some of their best tennis.<\/p>\n

Li got off to a better start over a sluggish-looking Williams, who struggled a day earlier to beat Jelena Jankovic and complained later of being exhausted after a long season.<\/p>\n

“I felt good this morning, much better than I did yesterday, but then in practice I was like, ‘Oh, no.’ I was a little worried, but I just hung in there and just kept going and going,” Williams said.<\/p>\n

The Chinese player was quick to break serve for a 2-1 lead and rolled through the first set, which ended with Williams netting a forehand and hitting a backhand passing shot wide.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Li blasted an ace, her only one of the match, to level at 3-3. But she produced a double-fault and a forehand error to give Williams a chance to serve out the set. Williams needed three set points to close it out.<\/p>\n

It was another double-fault by Li that gave Williams a break of serve at the start of the third and the American pulled away.<\/p>\n

Williams did have to save five break points, the last one with her sixth ace, before wrapping up the title.<\/p>\n

Li, the 2011 French Open champion, fell to 1-10 against Williams. She lost a set at 6-0 for the second straight time they played. She won only three games in her loss to Williams in the semifinals of the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n

“I have a little bit bad taste, because it’s at love, but I still feel more positive things,” Li said.<\/p>\n

After three years in Istanbul, the tournament moves to Singapore for the next five years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AP<\/em>
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