CINCINNATI, Aug 17 (AFP): Serena Williams moved within one win of a second pre-US Open hardcourt title Saturday, reaching the Cincinnati final with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Caroline Wozniacki.
The world number one American, who claimed her 61st career WTA title at Stanford two weeks ago, will face off Sunday against either fifth-seeded Maria Sharapova or ninth-seeded Ana Ivanovic.
Those two were meeting Saturday night in a battle of former world number ones.
Williams, playing a third tournament in a row for the first time since late 2007, improved her 2014 match record to 37-6.
The 32-year-old said that she needed a set to find her game after a slow start in a match which featured 15 breaks of serve, seven of them in the final set.
"I got off to a little bit of a slow start, but I was definitely in it," said Williams, who followed up her win in Stanford by reaching the semi-finals last week at Montreal, where she lost to her sister Venus. "I had to get out there and grind out everything.
Serena beats Wozniacki to reach Cincinnati final
FE Team | Published: August 18, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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