Threes the Charm: Serena Williams defeats Cirstea to win third Rogers Cup title
TORONTO – Serena Williams breezed to her third Rogers Cup title with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over unseeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea in Sunday’s final.
The top-seed American and world No. 1 won her eighth WTA title of the year and 54th of her career. All three of her Rogers Cup titles have come in Toronto, the first in 2001 before winning it again in 2011.
Williams has only lost one match since March, a stunning early exit at Wimbledon.
She did not drop a set this week at the tournament and was only tested once when she battled past third-seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in a semifinal.
Despite the loss, Cirstea had a breakthrough tournament, having ousted two former world No. 1s in Jelena Jankovic and Caroline Wozniacki before dethroning defending champion Petra Kvitova in the quarters and fourth-seed Li Na in the semifinals.
She was appearing in only her third WTA final and seeking a first win since way back in 2008 at at Tashkent.
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