Serena beats Sharapova to win her 6th title in Miami

It’s Serena no.6 here in Miami. The world no.1 proved to be too strong once again for Sharapova to bring their head to head record to a telling 12-2.

Maria was as determined as ever to win this match as this was her 5th final in Miami and she hasn’t been able to win a title yet. The Russian beauty started really well to win the opener 6-4. Then it was time for Serena to grab a 2-0 lead in the second set. Maria tried to recove to break back Serena, but then she lost her service when she was 3-4 down…then.. game over: Serena won the second set to serve a bagel in the third.

Some stats

Once again Maria’s biggest problem came from her second serve. She committed 5 double faults on 12 service games (no aces!!!) to win only 6 points out of 25 on her second serve. Maria also conceded 7 break points without being able to save even one of those (Serena saved 5 break points out of 9).

From Serena

“It feels really good,” said Williams,“At the start of the tournament, I definitely didn’t feel like I would be here, not with the way I was playing.”

“I finally have some record. It’s really cool. I can’t seem to catch up with Margaret Court or Steffi, so I’m really happy to have something going right now.”

 

From Maria

“I think today I certainly played a lot better,” said Sharapova.

“I had my chances. There’s no reason why I couldn’t win the match today. I was playing well, not well enough to win the match, obviously, but it was a step in the right direction, and there’s no doubt that we’ll be playing many more times. There’s no doubt I’ll be able to beat her.”

2013 WTA Miami - Sony Open  - Draw