Serena rallies to reach Cincinnati final
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SERENA Williams came back to advance to the Western & Southern Open final on Saturday as Roger Federer moved into position for his sixth title in the tournament.
The top-ranked Williams beat Caroline Wozniacki 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, and the second-seeded Roger Federer turned back fifth-seeded Milos Raonic 6-2, 6-3.
Williams lost a set for the first time in the tournament and committed 41 unforced errors, 20 more than Wozniacki. Williams will face ninth-seeded Ana Ivanovic in the final. Ivanovic beat fifth-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 in a night match.
Federer will play sixth-seeded David Ferrer, a 6-3, 6-2 winner over Frenchman Julien Benneteau.
Williams beat the 12th-seeded Wozniacki for the eighth time in nine career matches, overcoming a tight lower back.
“It was definitely feeling super tight in the match,” she said. “That’s when I really relaxed, to be honest. By then I was able just to go for more shots and come to the net more and just kind of just not have anything to lose.”
Williams has never won the Cincinnati tournament in five previous appearances. She lost to Victoria Azarenka last year.
With the win, Williams also wrapped up the US Open Series women’s title. Williams has won it three of the past four years and will attempt to set another record for the largest payout in tennis history at the US Open — US$4 million (US$3 million for winning the US Open and a US$1 million bonus for winning the US Open as the series champion).
Despite winning his first two service games at love and jumping out to a 4-1 lead, Federer wasn’t trying to shorten the match because of its late start — after Ivanovic and Sharapova went 2 hours, 45 minutes. “I play the same speed at all times,” Federer said. “If you start hurrying, then you might get broken. I’m happy with the win.”
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