VENUS WILLIAMS RUNS OUT OF GAS & LOSES IN FINALS OF ROGERS CUP TO RADWANSKA 6/4 , 6-2

Written by: Staff on 10th August 2014

VENUS WILLIAMS RUNS OUT OF GAS & LOSES IN FINALS OF ROGERS CUP TO RADWANSKA 6/4 , 6-2

epa04348671 Venus Williams of the US reacts after her loss against Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland after their finals match at the Rogers Cup women tennis tournament in Montreal, Canada, 10 August 2014. EPA/ANDRE PICHETTE |

Radwanska Beats Venus For 14th WTA Title

COUPE ROGERS PRÉSENTÉE PAR BANQUE NATIONALE – MONTREAL, CANADA

$ 2,440,070.00

4 – 10 AUGUST/AOÛT 2014

RESULTS – AUGUST 10, 2014

Women’s

Singles – Finals

[3] A Radwanska (POL) d V Williams (USA) 64 62

Women’s

Doubles – Finals

[1] S Errani (ITA) / R Vinci (ITA) d [4] C Black (ZIM) / S Mirza (IND) 76(4) 63

Final Facts

– Radwanska wins her first WTA title of the year and the 14th of her career.

– Radwanska wins her third straight match against Williams, but still trails in their head-to-head, 5-4.

– Radwanska will climb four spots to No.3 on the Road To Singapore leaderboard.

– Williams will return to the Top 20 on the WTA Rankings for the first time since March 2013.

– Williams passes the $30 million mark in career prize money, the third player to do so after Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova.

– Errani and Vinci win their WTA-leading fifth title of the season. It is the 21st WTA title of their partnership and their first at the Rogers Cup.

– Errani and Vinci each now have 24 WTA doubles titles as individuals.

Final Quotes

Agnieszka Radwanska: “Venus, I just want to say great match – not just today, but it was a whole week of great tennis. And I had a really amazing week this week too. I’ve been playing here for years, a couple of times I made the semifinals, and I kept trying and trying, and now I’ve finally done it.”

Venus Williams of the US returns to Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland during their final match at the Rogers Cup women tennis tournament in Montreal, Canada, 10 August 2014. EPA/ANDRE PICHETTE

Venus Williams: “First off I have to say wow, this is the first time I’ve ever won a match in Canada since I turned professional 20 years ago – I never imagined I would get to the finals of this tournament. And I have to congratulate Agnieszka on a wonderful tournament and a wonderful final. I can’t wait until we play again – I’m sure that will be many, many times in the future.”

Sara Errani: “It was a difficult match. We didn’t play unbelievable tennis, but some of that is because they played so well. Mirza on the baseline was very good, as always. Cara at the net, of course, put pressure on us on the baseline. We had a very close first set, and were down 5-4, 30-all. If we lost that, it could have changed the match. It was a good match.”

Roberta Vinci: “This is our first title here, so of course we are happy. We try our best in every single match. Today we didn’t play our best, but we won, which is the most important thing.”

For Results

http://www.wtatennis.com/scores-and-stats

For Draws

http://www.wtatennis.com/draws-and-schedule

Tournament Website

www.rogerscup.com

Topics: Agnieszka Radwanska, Montreal, Roberta Vinci, Rogers Cup, Sara Errani, Tennis, Venus Williams, Wta

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August 10, 2014 at 4:47 pm

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