Davenport Completes Williams Sweep for WTA LA TitlePosted on July 26, 2004  No. 3-seeded Lindsay Davenport completed her Williams sister sweep on Sunday at the WTA stop in LA, pummeling the top-seeded (but non-Top 10-ranked) Serena Williams 6-1, 6-3 for her fourth title of the year.Davenport entered the match with a career 2-9 record against Serena, losing the last four meetings, but during the match never gave the younger Williams a chance to get in the match. "I don't know why it all clicked all of a sudden," Davenport said. "One unforced error from me in the first set is a miracle." Serena had a strangely erratic serving day, and coughed up twice the number of unforced errors as her American counterpart. "I committed suicide out there," Williams said, referring to the Wimbledon final, par-usual pinning the match result on her poor play rather than the effort of her opponent. "My second suicide attempt of the year. I had my opportunities in the second set and I didn't take them. I don't think she served that well, but I just didn't take them...I need to get serious and really concentrate. Hopefully, I can learn from the past." The win ties Davenport with the No. 1-ranked Justine Henin-Hardenne with four titles on the year. In the semifinals Davenport defeated sister Venus Williams, who retired trailing in the second set of their match with a wrist injury. In the doubles final the No. 4-seeded Russian-American pair of Nadia Petrova/Meghann Shaughnessy came back from a set down to beat No. 3-seeded Spaniards Conchita Martinez/Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-3 for their tour-leading fifth title of the year. |
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