Spain’s Rafael Nadal defeated John Isner in the final of Cincinnati Open 7-6, 7-6 and won his 9th title out of his last 11. With this win Nadal also moved to 2nd position in ATP rankings ahead of Andy Murray.
Nadal needed just under two hours to beat 6 feet 10 inch tall Isner. He is now just behind Novak Djokovic in ATP ranking.
Nadal said he is happy to win the final here and see this as a warm-up for the coming US open.
In the women’s final it was second seed Victoria Azarenka who defeated World No.1 Serena Williams to win her first Western and Southern Open tennis title.
Victoria edged out Serena in a third set breaker, 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(6).
It is her first Western and Southern Open tennis title.
Things weren't looking so peachy for Victoria going into the match, and dropping a lopsided 6-2 first set in just 26 minutes certainly didn't help.
But from there Serena lost her edge just a little bit - she hit 26 unforced errors to lose the middle set by the same 6-2 scoreline, and Victoria broke for a 4-2 lead in the third, getting to 30-0 in that service game too.
Counting Serena out of any match is a huge mistake, and she definitely lived up to that reputation, winning 11 of the next 14 points to break back, hold and break again, serving for the match at 5-4.
But Victoria pushed the set to a tie-break - the first to seven points would clinch the title.
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