Venus Williams beat Alize Cornet in straight sets to win the Dubai Championships title for a third time.
The 33-year-old American, now down at 44
in the world rankings, gained revenge for her sister and world number
one Serena, who suffered a semi-final defeat by the Frenchwoman on
Friday.
Venus used all of her experience to record a 6-3 6-0 victory against the world number 26 in Saturday’s final.
This was her first WTA Tour title since she won in Luxembourg in October 2012.
Dubai is a happy hunting ground for the seven-times Grand Slam champion – this win follows those in 2009 and 2010.
Cornet’s impressive victory over Serena in the last four means the Williams sisters have still not met in a final since 2009.
Venus was not in a mood to join her
sister in defeat, however, and beat the 24-year-old Frenchwoman in a
match lasting 91 minutes.
Key to the victory – her 45th on the WTA
Tour – was the fact she converted five of eight break points against
the Cornet serve, while her French opponent only took advantage of one
out of six such opportunities to come her way.
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