Azarenka defeats Sharapova for first WTA title of the year
Eight seed, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus overwhelmed Russian fifth seed,
Maria Sharapova 6–4, 6-1 in Sunday’s 2010 WTA Tour Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California, USA.
A day after her 21st birthday, Azarenka broke the Russian three times in the first set then took advantage of Sharapova’s 16 unforced errors in the second set while committing only one to win the hardcourt event.
“I haven’t lost a match yet since I turned 21,” Azarenka said. “It’s great. I can have cake now.”
Lindsay Davenport wins doubles in her first tournament since 2008
Lindsay Davenport, playing in her first WTA tournament since the 2008 U.S. Open, has won the doubles title in the 2010 Bank of the West Classic at Stanford, California, USA, on Sunday afternoon.
She teamed up with Liezel Huber and defeated Yung-Jan Chan and Jie Zheng in the final Aug. 1, 7-5, 6-7 (8), (10-8).
Playing together for just the second time since teaming up for a quarterfinal showing at the 2008 Olympics, Davenport and Huber padded their impressive career doubles marks with the victory. Davenport has now won 38 career doubles titles overall while Huber has claimed 43 career championships.
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