Citi Open - Washington - final

Day seven of the Citi Open and Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Kurumi Nara in three sets and it was an enthralling final which saw Svetlana win her first WTA tour title in four years! 

For Kurumi getting to the final was some achievement in itself and it was always going to be a big ask to beat someone like Svetlana but she did well and most importantly bagged some valuable ranking points. 

For Svetlana this win might give her the confidence to believe she can win the US Open title. 

She will be a contender for the title but I suspect once she is playing at a Grand Slam she challenge is great and I am not sure is she still has the fitness to win seven rounds. 

But she has done well to win this title I for one would not have imagined before this tournament that she would have been the winner. 

So Svetlana wins the Citi Open title and valuable ranking points. 

WTA Miami Open - Day three

Day three at the Miami Open and Serena Williams beat Yaroslava Shvedova in straight sets. However the first was very competitive and could have gone either way. 

But Serena asserted her authority in the second and it was really a one way traffic. It was a good test for Serena to have and will hopefully have prepared her for further tough matches.

 

Elsewhere Sabine Lisicki just about beat Nadia Petrova in three sets. Sabine needs to really pull together a good run and maybe a realistic chance to at least make  the final.

Maria Sharapova beat Kurumi Nara in straight sets and this wasa good first round match for Maria. As she knows that there will be much tougher matches to come.