Shaky Serena Beats Jankovic For Title

Williams is 14-1 this year after her fifth Key Biscayne crown
By Mitch Pritchard,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 5, 2008 10:13 PM CDT
Shaky Serena Beats Jankovic For Title
Jelena Jankovic, of Serbia, wipes her forehead in the game against Serena Williams during the finals match at the Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament today. Williams won 6-1, 5-7, 6-3.    (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Serena Williams screamed at herself, broke her racket and then finally finished off Jelena Jankovic 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 for her fifth title at the Sony Ericsson Open today. Williams survived some tense moments in the last set and an improbable comeback by Jankovic, who trailed 5-3 in the second set. Williams closed out the elusive victory on her eighth championship point with an overhead slam.

"I thought I had like 15 match points. I'm glad to know it wasn't," Williams said. "I got tight. I guess you can classify that as nervous." Williams won for the second year in a row and matched Steffi Graf's record of five women's titles at Key Biscayne. She's 14-1 this year, with her only loss to Jankovic in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open. (More Pro tennis stories.)

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