NEW YORK: The Williams sisters won the U.S. Open women’s doubles title on Monday, two days after Serena’s ugly exit in the singles semifinals.
Serena returned with her sister, Venus, and rolled to an easy victory for their 10th Grand Slam doubles championship.
It was a 6-2, 6-2 win over defending champions Cara Black and Liezel Huber and it couldn’t have been more unlike the scene Saturday night, when Williams got called for a foot fault that triggered her outburst at a line judge. That resulted in a point penalty on match point against Kim Clijsters, and an ugly departure from the singles semifinal.
About a half-hour before the doubles match began, Serena issued an apology saying she is “a woman of great pride, faith and integrity, and I admit when I’m wrong.”
Stroll in the park
The Williamses broke Black all four times she served — twice in the first set and twice in the second — and finished the tournament losing a grand total of one set over six matches.
“I think you can see it,” Huber said. “They’re bigger and stronger than us. They served bigger than us and you could see it all today.”
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