Tennis - Williams wins fourth clay title of season in Bastad
Tennis - Williams wins fourth clay title of season in Bastad
Serena Williams completed her dominance on clay this season by beating Johanna Larsson 6-4 6-1 in the WTA Bastad final.
It made it 28 clay court wins in a row for Serena with five of her seven 2013 titles coming on the surface - four on red clay and one on green clay (Charleston).
Larsson got off to a good start in her home tournament, breaking in the opening game, and was 3-1 in front early but the eight seeded Swede only went on to win two more games as Serena took control.
It was the 53rd WTA title of Williams' career and puts her level with Monica Seles for ninth on the all-time list in the Open era.
Meanwhile in Bad Gastein, Austria, Yvonne Meusburger delighted the home fans by winning the first title of her career against Andrea Hlavackova of Czech Republic 7-5 6-2 .
Meusburger is ranked only 86th in the world but enjoyed a fantastic tournament – not dropping a single set all week.
