Australian Open - Day thirteen - Women's Final

Day thirteen and in the women's final Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova in straight sets to win her nineteenth grand slam. It was an amazing match and the second set could have gone either way. 

It started with both Seren and Maria "posing" for there final picture and neither could raise a smile and it was one of most awkward final pictures I have seen in a while. 

In the first Serena broke Maria in the first and more or less maintained her advantage to win the set. The second was  a lot more competitive and could have gone either but Serena held to win the second set tie break and the match.

This win was a historic victory for Serena as she now only three grand slam titles behind Steffi and it is now looking like she could realistically get as many titles as Steffi.

Both Serena and Maria played very good tennis but for Maria her best was not good enough.

 Serena did incredibly well considering she was not feeling a 100%. So very excited to see she can get anymore grand slams in 2015. 

Final - WTA Finals - Singapore

In yesterday finals at the WTA finals Serena Williams beat Simona Halep straight sets. 

The first set was reasonably competitive and they traded breaks early on but once the match settled down Serena went on to win the first set and bagled Simona in the second set.

This came after Simona beat Serena very comfortably in the Round Robin stages and it had the world tennis media excited that Simona had ended Serena winning streak. 

Serena regrouped and became more focused and this I am sure helped to beat Simona in the final and retain her title. 

Southern & Western Open - Cincinnati - Day seven

Day seven of the Southern and Western Open and in the final Serena Williams beat Ana Ivanovic in straight sets.

 The first set was pretty competitive but once Serena had won the first set, the second set was much more one sided affair. 

Serena was just in her zone and there are'nt many tennis players that can challenge her when she is in that zone. 

Serena's serve was very consistent and she served at least ten aces and there where also the unreturnable serves. 

Ana played reasonably well but simply did not have the power or the serve to realistically compete with Serena. 

So Serena won this title her fifth title of the season and she also won US Open series trophy and she could get four million dollars if we wins the US Open. 

Indian Wells - WTA Final

The final at Indian Wells and Flavia Pennetta beat Agnieszka Radwanska in straight sets. 

Aga appeared to have both a knee and ankle injury but that should not take anything away from Flavia's win. 

Flavia is one of a growing number of players over the age of thirty that have been winning titles. 

Admittedly this was one title that once Aga reached the final and injury free she probably would have won it so Flavia's win came as a surprise to me. 

Although Aga was injured I still think she will struggle to win tier ones and Grand Slam titles. 

She does not have the power of a Serena, Maria or Victoria and prefers to go for placement instead of winners. 

It was a great win for Flavia and I am sure she is hoping this win will give her confidence to improve her win tally in future tier one's and Grand Slams tournaments. 

AIPA International, Sydney - Final

The APIA International took place in Sydney and Tsvetana Pironkova beat Angelique Kerber. 

It was surprise result however when Tsvetana is playing well she is difficult to beat. This win sets up Tsvetana nicely for the Australian Open. 

For Angelique going into this match she was favourite and the higher ranked player. 

So even though I am sure she was disappointed, Angelique is probably now focusing on the Australian Open.