Willams defeats Stosur to win Rogers Cup
Posted August 14, 2011 2:42 pm.
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Serena Williams has captured the Rogers Cup women’s tennis title to continue a remarkable comeback from injury and illness.
The 29-year-old American star dispatched No. 10-seed Samantha Stosur of Australia 6-4, 6-2 today to win her first Rogers title since claiming the Canadian tournament crown in 2001.
The Rogers Cup was just Williams’s fourth tournament since being sidelined for 49 weeks, first with a foot injury and then blood clots in her lungs.
Williams broke Stosur to go up 5-4 in the opening set and would break her twice more in the second in the one hour and 17-minute match, winning in emphatic fashion with her ninth ace of the game.
The former top-ranked Williams, a 13-time Grand Slam champion, was unseeded in the tournament and is ranked just 80th in the world as she continues her comeback.
She’s projected to rise to No. 31 in next week’s rankings.
Americans Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond were awarded the women’s doubles title after Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Maria Kirilenko of Russia withdrew, citing an injury to Azarenka.
