{"id":16990,"date":"2013-09-07T04:30:36","date_gmt":"2013-09-07T04:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16990"},"modified":"2013-09-07T04:30:36","modified_gmt":"2013-09-07T04:30:36","slug":"serena-betas-li-na-to-meet-azarenka-in-us-open-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16990","title":{"rendered":"Serena beats Li Na, to meet Azarenka in US Open final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-16989\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/b_01sep13_12324_serena_mike.jpg\" alt=\"Serena betas Li Na, to meet Azarenka in US Open final\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/b_01sep13_12324_serena_mike.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/b_01sep13_12324_serena_mike-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>New York: Serena Williams got the better of Li Na and defeated her 6-0, 6-3 to reach the final of US Open here on Friday. Serena is now just one win away from her 17th Grand Slam title.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was one way traffic early on in the match, as the No.1-seeded Williams came out firing on all cylinders, winning the first seven games and building a 6-0 1-0 lead. The No.5-seeded Li picked her game and pounced, holding for 1-all then breaking for 2-1, and even getting to 40-0 in that game. The momentum was clearly flipping &#8211; but Williams would have none of it, digging out of that game to get the break back and then reeling off the next three to go ahead 5-2.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then came the best game of the match. A resilient Li fought off six match points in that game &#8211; many of them with winners &#8211; and, after almost 14 minutes, finally held serve again to close the gap to 5-3. But the resistance was short-lived, as Williams confidently served it out in the next game, blasting a big serve up the middle that drew a forehand error from Li. Game, set and match to Williams, 60 63.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Victoria Azarenka returned to the US Open finals, beating Cinderella story Flavia Pennetta in straight sets on Arthur Ashe Stadium.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There were some tense moments in the 52-minute first set as the two players struggled mightily on serve, with seven of the first nine games going to the returner &#8211; but it was Azarenka who tamed her delivery just in time, holding serve for just the second time to close the opening frame out, 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>In the second set, Azarenka broke in the first game, Pennetta broke in the second game and Azarenka broke in the third game. But the No.2-seeded Azarenka managed to find her range and began pulling away, eventually closing the match out, 6-4 6-2.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: www.wtatennis.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-16989\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/b_01sep13_12324_serena_mike.jpg\" alt=\"Serena betas Li Na, to meet Azarenka in US Open final\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/b_01sep13_12324_serena_mike.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/b_01sep13_12324_serena_mike-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>New York: Serena Williams got the better of Li Na and defeated her 6-0, 6-3 to reach the final of US Open here on Friday. Serena is now just one win away from her 17th Grand Slam title.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[1544,6293,2989,2683,4674,10405,1714],"class_list":["post-16990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest","tag-flavia-pennetta","tag-indian-sports-news-network","tag-li-na","tag-serena-williams","tag-us-open","tag-us-open-news","tag-victoria-azarenka"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Serena beats Li Na, to meet Azarenka in US Open final - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16990\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Serena beats Li Na, to meet Azarenka in US Open final - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New York: Serena Williams got the better of Li Na and defeated her 6-0, 6-3 to reach the final of US Open here on Friday. 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