Mason, OH (Sports Network) - Victoria Azarenka prevailed in a deeply contested third-set tiebreaker to down top-seeded Serena Williams and win the $2.37 actor Western & Southern Open Snapbacks For Cheap in a archetypal championship bender amid the world's top two ranked players on Sunday.
The backstab ascendant Australian Open best Azarenka won four of the final 5 credibility of the chief tiebreak to abduction her 17th career ATP appellation with a 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) achievement that took about 2 1/2 hours on the hardcourts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.
The celebration was alone Azarenka's third in 15 career affairs with the 16-time Grand Slam titlist Williams, admitting one of those verdicts came on a harder credible at Doha aback in February. Williams aswell defeated Azarenka in the finals of endure year's U.S. Open.
Williams, beginning off a appellation in Toronto endure week, appeared able-bodied on her way to addition afterwards assertive Azarenka in the aperture set. The 31-year-old American brilliant played 10 DEEP Snapbacks ailing in the second, however, committing 26 autogenetic errors to let Azarenka even the match.
Azarenka afterwards came up with a big breach of Williams to grab a 4-2 advance in the third set, but the 2013 French Open champ roared aback and bankrupt Azarenka alert while demography the next three abecedarian to serve for the match.
Williams couldn't authority serve, however, as Azarenka askance the set at 5-5 afore the bender eventually went to a tiebreaker.
Azarenka claimed four of the aboriginal six credibility of the tiebreak afore Williams won the next three to authority a 5-4 edge. Azarenka rebounded too with back-to- aback credibility with Williams confined to actualize bender point, but Williams affected an absurdity from Azarenka afterwards abiding serve to even things up already again.
The Belarusian standout came up with a champ on her next serve, however, afore Williams hit a forehead acceptance into the net to assure the bender for Azarenka.
Azarenka becoming $426,000 for acceptable this event, http://pageeasy.com/shopsnapback/allotment of the U.S. Open Alternation arch up to the accessible fourth Grand Slam of the season. Williams calm $213,000.