08-Sep-2008 96
Serena Williams (USA) defeated second seeded Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 7-5 in the women``s US Open final for her ninth career Grand Slam title and the world number one ranking at New York yesterday.
There was plenty at stake as fourth-seeded Williams received the WTA top ranking — a spot she previously held for 57 weeks beginning in 2002.
Williams, playing in her first US Open final in six years also picked up 1.5 million dollars in first-place prize money and moved into third on the all-time money list.
The 26-year-old Williams won her 32nd career singles title and wiped away some of the disappointment of losing to sister Venus in the Wimbledon final earlier this year.
Williams, who also won the US Open in 1999 and 2002, is enjoying a revival in her game as she stormed through all seven rounds at Flushing Meadows without dropping a set en route to posting her fourth singles title of 2008.
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