World number one Serena Williams won her fifth US Open
title in a thrilling final against Victoria Azarenka at Flushing Meadows.
The American, 31, overcame a determined opponent and a
testing wind to win 7-5 6-7 (6-8) 6-1 and repeat last year's final victory
against the Belarusian.
Williams has now won 17 Grand Slam singles titles, moving
her within one of Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert.
But after letting a double-break lead slip in the second
set, and twice failing to serve out the match, Williams was made to dig as deep
as in any of her 16 previous major wins.
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