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e womens final. It was extremely high quality despite being just two sets. And it was historic as well.Garber: Federer-Cilic. Fa
e womens final. It was extremely high quality despite being just two sets. And it was historic as well.Garber: Federer-Cilic. Fa
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska completed a dominating week at the Connecticut Open on Sunday, beating Elina Svitolina 6-1, 7-6 (3) in the final, then spraying her coaches and friends with champagne.Radwanska, of Poland, didnt drop a set during the tournament, her 19th WTA championship. She took control of the final from the start, winning 20 of the first 27 points, jumping out to a 5-0 lead.She ran Svitolina all over the court, chasing down shots and placing her own with pinpoint accuracy. Svitolina, a 21-year-old Ukrainian, held off two set points in the sixth game, but Radwanska was able to serve out the set in 29 minutes.I was really feeling good this week, Radwanska said. Everything was working. I was feeling very confident on that court.The second set was much closer. It included three service breaks for each player and a 37-shot rally in the ninth game. Radwanska broke serve in that game to go up 5-4 and seemed to be in control, especially after Svitolina turned her ankle chasing a lob shot.But the 10th seed rallied, breaking back and going up 6-5. Radwanska saved two set points to force the tiebreaker and then took five of the last six points to win it.Svitolina committed 36 unforced errors, including a backhand into the net to end the match.Set points, they come and go in five seconds, Svitolina said. She served two big serves. She placed it really well.Radwanska had never before made it past the quarterfinals in New Haven, but she had a relatively easy trip this year that included a first-round bye and straight-set wins over Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia, lucky loser Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium and two-time champion Petra Kvitova, whom she beat 6-1, 6-1 in the semifinals.She becomes the first top seed to win since Caroline Wozniacki did it in 2011. The title is Radwanskas second this season -- she took the Shenzhen Open in China in January.She takes home just over $130,000 for winning in Connecticut, but she also earned enough points to clinch the U.S. Open Series bonus challenge. That means a chance for up to an extra $1 million, depending on her finish in New York next week, where she will be the No. 4 seed.So now its everything in my power to do good in the US Open, she said with a big grin. It will be worth it, right?Svitolina, who beat Serena Williams in the third round at the Olympics, is now 4-1 in WTA finals, but this was her first at a Premier event. She was playing this tournament for the fourth time and had never before made it out of the first round.She said it was a disappointing first set but an otherwise encouraging week.There is no time to be sad because US Open is just on Monday, she said. Eddie Giacomin Jersey . Louis Cardinals. 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LONDON -- It was a different kind of fortnight at the All England Club.The mens final was absent Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic for the first time in 14 years.And after three near-misses in Grand Slams, Serena Williams finally hoisted the trophy that brought her even with the great Steffi Graf.With that, our 2016 Wimbledon awards:MVPNic Atkin: Few people thought Sam Querrey could hold his nerve and close out a win against Djokovic after taking the two first sets before their third-round match was suspended for the day. But credit to the American for getting the job done.Peter Bodo: Marcus Willis gets the nod over Serena Williams because he saved a truly dreary first week. His improbably run helped offset Brexit anxiety and Englands stunning loss to Iceland in the UEFA Cup.Greg Garber: Serena, hands down. She leaves the All-England Club with two silver trophies and equals the great Steffi Grafs Open era record of 22 major singles titles.Matt Wilansky: A rhetorical question. Serena, who won the singles and doubles titles, is the only logical choice. Only question moving forward is whether shell catch Margaret Court as the all-time leader in Slam wins (24).Top matchAtkin:?Federer-Marin Cilic in the mens quarterfinals. Even by Federers mighty standards, this was one of his great wins, pulling off a Houdini act to save three match points and come back from two sets down.Bodo: Serena over Angelique Kerber in the womens final. It was extremely high quality despite being just two sets. And it was historic as well.Garber: Federer-Cilic. Fantastic twists and turns -- and perhaps a final flourish for the 17-time Grand Slam champion at Wimbledon?Wilansky: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga dug himself out of an impossible two-set hole to escape John Isner 19-17 in thee fifth.dddddddddddd The match ran 4 hours, 24 minutes -- the longest of the tournament.Biggest disappointment?Atkin: After almost beating Serena in the third round last year, Heather Watson had a poor showing 12 months on, losing in the first round to Annika Beck. No one was more disappointed than the Briton, who angrily slammed her racket to the turf during the match, earning a $12,000 fine.Bodo: Garbine Muguruza had a chance to position herself as the leading candidate to succeed Serena. Instead, she played a poor, low-energy second-round match against Jana Cepelova.Garber: Djokovic, who lost in the third round to Sam Querrey. Seemed like after finally winning the French Open, he took his foot off the gas.Wilansky: Could make a case for Djokovic, but cant blame him for still reveling in his French Open laurels. Instead, the dubious honor belongs to wonderkid Dominic Thiem, who fell meekly in the second round.Biggest surpriseAtkin:?Willis won six matches to qualify for the main draw, then shocked Ricardas Berankis, a player ranked 718 places above him, to earn a Centre Court date with Roger Federer and a check for £50,000.Bodo: Despite a few good weeks, Kerber basically struggled after she beat Serena for the Australian Open title. She bounced back from a dreadful first-round loss in Paris to make another major final and vault to No. 2 in the rankings.Garber:?Querrey, for sure. The American put it all together and made his first major quarterfinal. Lets see if this gives him momentum to get to the next level.Wilansky: Venus Williams. At 36 years old, no one thought she had a semifinal run left in her -- except Venus herself. ' ' '
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