Friday, January 09, 2009

Serena Williams wins US Open

Monday 08 September 2008

Serena Williams beat Serbian second seed Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 7-5 to win the US Open women's singles final at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday, securing her ninth Grand Slam title.

Monday 08 September 2008

By Reuters (text) / FRANCE 24 (video)

Fourth-seeded American Serena Williams won her ninth grand slam title by beating tenacious Serb Jelena Jankovic 6-4 7-5 in a high-quality U.S. Open women’s final on Sunday.

The 26-year-old broke Jankovic three times to take the opening set before coming from 3-5 and 0-40 down in the second to seal victory in two hours four minutes on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court

Williams, who swept away Russian Dinara Safina 6-3 6-2 in the semi-finals, saved three set points before fending off spectacular retrieving by Jankovic with her power game to clinch a third U.S. Open crown but her first here since 2002.

Victory over the second-seeded Serb also earned the muscular American top spot in the world rankings to be released on Monday.


 

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Copy the characters (respecting upper/lower case) from the image.

News Briefs
Weather
Currently
  • New York
    Clear. Chilly.
    -2°C
  • Rio de Janeiro
    Broken clouds. Mild.
    24°C
  • London
    Ice fog. Chilly.
    -2°C
  • Paris
    Sunny. Cold.
    -9°C
  • Moscow
    Snow showers. Mostly cloudy. F
    -15°C
  • Istanbul
    Broken clouds. Chilly.
    3°C
  • Mumbai / Bombay
    0°C
  • Beijing
    Sunny. Chilly.
    -1°C
  • Tokyo
    Light rain. Partly sunny. Nipp
    5°C
  • Shanghai
    Sunny. Chilly.
    2°C
  • Sydney
    Partly sunny. Mild.
    20°C
  • Johannesburg
    Scattered clouds. Mild.
    24°C