Li Na wins against Daniela Hantuchova

Li Na sneak out a win by overcoming Daniela Hantuchova late run that gave home fans a scare. Hantuchova from Slovakia, has defeated Li four times in their past six meetings, then staged an impressive comeback until Li regained her composure to close in on victory.

Raonic win Thailand Open against Berdych

BANGKOK - Milos Raonic defeated top-seeded Tomas Berdych 7-6 (4), 6-3 at the Thailand Open last Sunday for his fifth title.

Raonic from Canada, provided 18 aces to overwhelm and defeat Berdych in the final game at the Impact Arena that lasted 1 hour, 17 minutes.

This was Raonic's fifth tour victory (San Jose from 2011-13 and Chennai in 2012). He also improved his unbeaten record over Berdych to 2-0 after also beating the Czech player in the Cincinnati Masters last year.

Agnieszka Radwanska rallies to beat 3rd seed Pavlyuchenkova

Polish Agnieszka Radwanska

Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Polish top seed Agnieszka Radwanska uses late rally to beat 3rd seed Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-7(6) 6-3 6-4 in the final of the Korea Open in Seoul on Sunday and it's her 3rd WTA title of the year.

The game lasted two hours and 45 minutes, it's a grueling final match and the 24 year-old world number 4 came through bagging her 13th career title.

"After a great match, almost three hours of great tennis at a really high level, of course I'm very happy," Radwanska said after her win.

Pavlyuchenkova, who lost to Radwanska in the U.S. Open last month as well, came back after losing the first three games and saved four set points to eventually win the opening set in the tie-breaker.

Radwanska wrested back control after breaking the third-seeded Russian early in the second set and closed out the match with a break in the 10th game of the deciding set.

"It was a very close match - tight sets, all of them - but I was just a little bit better in the important moments today," Radwanska said.

"And at the end of the third set I think I was playing a little bit more aggressively than she was, and I managed to win a couple more points in the end.

"In the third set I was just trying to fight every point and stay calm, and I'm happy I made it."

Pavlyuchenkova complained of fatigue and jet lag after playing non-stop in the lead-up to last month's U.S. Open but was not too disappointed with the result in Korea.

"It's tough losing this match after fighting so long and coming so close," she said. "It's difficult and frustrating, but in tennis you can be up then down and you lose some and you win some.

"I'm actually proud of myself. I had a great week. I showed some good tennis and it was a great final."

Pan Pacific Open women's singles results

Sept 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Pan Pacific Open Women's Singles matches on Monday
Round 1

Madison Keys (U.S.) beat 10-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) 5-7 7-5 6-2                       
Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) beat Hsieh Su-Wei (Taiwan) 6-2 5-7 6-0                     
Peng Shuai (China) beat Risa Ozaki (Japan) 6-2 6-1                                         
Aleksandra Wozniak (Canada) beat Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 2-6 6-4 6-2                   
Kimiko Date-Krumm (Japan) beat Anastasia Rodionova (Russia) 6-2 4-1 (An. Rodionova retired)
Misaki Doi (Japan) beat Varvara Lepchenko (U.S.) 6-7(3) 6-0 7-5                            
Flavia Pennetta (Italy) beat Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-3 6-3                         
Ayumi Morita (Japan) beat Laura Robson (Britain) 7-6(4) 6-3                                
Casey Dellacqua (Australia) beat Kristina Mladenovic (France) 7-5 6-1                      
Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) beat Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) 6-0 6-4                           
11-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) beat Annika Beck (Germany) 6-1 6-1

Safarova wins in Quebec for first title in 5 years

QUEBEC, Ontario (AP) -- Lucie Safarova defeated world No. 6 seed Marina Erakovic 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday night in the finals of the Bell Challenge, claiming her first WTA Tour title in five years.

The third-seeded Czech, who is ranked 36th in the world and hadn't won a championship since Forest Hills in 2008, earned the fifth WTA title of her career.

"It was just about a few points today, but I was more consistent with my game and more aggressive, and I think that's why I won," Safarova said.

Serena Williams wins U.S. Open against Azarenka

Serena Williams, who turns 32 on Sept. 26, raised her Grand Slam singles title count to 17, the sixth-most in history and one shy of Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. Williams collected a $3.6 million prize, including a $1 million bonus for producing the best results during the North American summer hard-court circuit leading up to the U.S. Open.

Helped by nine aces, one at 126 mph, Williams improved to 67-4 with a career-best nine titles in 2013. Since a first-round exit at the 2012 French Open, Williams is 98-5 with 14 titles, winning four of the past six Grand Slam tournaments.

source Associated Press

US Open final: Men's Rafael Nadal(2) vs Novak Djokovic (1), Women's Victoria Azarenka (2) vs Serena Williams (1)

Rafael Nadal has an easy time going into the US Open final with a 21-match hardcourt unbeaten streak while world number one Novak Djokovic had to withstand a five-set, limit-testing struggle to join him.

Second-ranked Spaniard Nadal, whose 12 Grand Slam titles include the 2010 US Open, routed French eighth seed Richard Gasquet 6-4, 7-6 (7/1), 6-2, to reach his third final in four years. Nadal missed the 2012 event with knee injuries.

 

While in Women's, World number one Serena Williams 31, will try to capture her 17th Grand Slam title and become the oldest women's champion in US Open history in a repeat of last year's final which she won in three sets. She will be against familiar foe world number two Victoria Azarenka on Sunday.

Azarenka, a 24-year-old from Belarus, sees herself as a more versatile and dangerous player than when she lost to Williams 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 in the final a year ago.

Serena Williams trump over Stephens now in Quarter Finals

NEW YORK -- In an intense, close and very entertaining game Sloane Stephens stayed right with Serena Williams. In the fourth round of the U.S. Open the top two American women put on a show as both hit powerful serves topping 115mph.

The Stephens 20, time at the top of tennis may come but for now, Serena Williams is still the top dog. Taking eight of the last nine games, defending champion Williams returned to the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows by beating Stephens 6-4, 6-1.

"When you give her that opportunity to take that step forward, she definitely makes her move," Stephens said. "Unfortunately, today she made her move. I just couldn't get back in."

Still, all in all, it was remarkably compelling and, within individual points, rather evenly played for what turned out to be such a runaway.

"I definitely think it was a high-quality match," said Williams, 64-4 with eight titles this year. ''We both came out today to play."

She advanced to play No. 18 Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain, who defeated No. 8 Angelique Kerber of Germany 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3). Asked whether there's any chance of a letdown after getting past Stephens, Williams replied: "Absolutely not. I mean, I've been at this for a long time, so for me in my career, there are no letdowns."

In Sunday's other fourth-round women's matches, No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska lost 6-4, 6-4 to No. 24 Ekaterina Makarova, and 2011 French Open champion Li Na eliminated 2008 U.S. Open runner-up Jelena Jankovic 6-3, 6-0.

In men's third-round action, the last of 15 Americans in the field lost, making this the first U.S. Open in history without at least one representative from the host country in the fourth round. Wild-card recipient Tim Smyczek, who is ranked 109th, was beaten 6-4, 4-6, 0-6, 6-3, 7-5 by Marcel Granollers of Spain.