Serena retains Rome title

Serena Williams won her third Italian Open title, crushing local favourite Sara Errani 6-3 6-0 in Rome on Sunday.

By (Reuters)

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Published: Mon 19 May 2014, 11:50 AM

Last updated: Tue 7 Apr 2015, 9:55 PM

The world number one looked on top form against the 10th- seeded Errani, who was cheered on by a passionate home crowd but suffered a thigh injury towards the end of the first set and never recovered.

All the action was in the first set, which lasted longer than the 46-minute hammering Williams dished out to the Italian in the semi-finals of the French Open last year, when Errani won only one game.

The 27-year-old Errani, who has lost to Serena Williams, 32, in all seven of their meetings, had to leave the court after losing her serve in the eighth game of the first set to get attention for her injury. She was clearly less mobile after that, and the American rattled off seven easy games in a row to finish the match in one hour and 11 minutes, leaving Errani tearful in defeat. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic meet in a dream final in the men’s event later on Sunday, with Nadal aiming for his eighth success in the Italian capital before the French Open in a week’s time.


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