For Alize this was a horrible result as she had come into this match with very high expectations.
It suddenly dawned on her in the middle of the first set that her dream was not going to be realised.
However upon reflection I am sure Alize will realise that she did very well and there is no shame in losing to an inspired Venus Williams.
For Venus this win would have given some much needed confidence and ranking points.
It was a real joy to watch Venus strike ball like she used to and I sincerely hope this will be the first of many trophies in 2014.