US Open Series 2014 Serena Williams tennis season

1 open series

1.1 bank of west classic
1.2 rogers cup
1.3 western & southern open
1.4 open

us open series
bank of west classic

williams came bank of west classic, aiming regain form after disappointment in french open , wimbledon. williams entered event nine-match winning streak winning in 2011 , 2012 , missing event in 2013. received bye in first round , faced karolína plíšková, pair held comfortably throughout first no break points until williams broke @ love in twelfth game. in second set williams broke twice , served out in 8 game. in quarterfinals, williams faced ana ivanovic, ivanovic took control of first set breaking american opponent twice , not facing break point take set. williams came in second set, taking break in second game , didn t push deciding set. in final set, williams broke in long first game, serbian broke in sixth game. traded breaks until williams served out in 12th game take match. in final four, williams took on germany s andrea petkovic, stood toe-to-toe in first ten games, until williams reeled in 8 straight games take first set , win second set @ love. in final, williams faced angelique kerber, kerber took lead winning 5 games in row, until williams won 5 games in row herself. williams claimed in tiebreak. williams broke in first , ninth game win match , claim fourth title of year.

rogers cup

serena came event defending champion, being 1st seed received bye in first round , dominated second round opponent in samantha stosur, winning match losing 2 game including bagel in first set. in third round faced czech lucie Šafářová, in tightly contested 2 set victory williams, broke Šafářová @ end of each set win match. in last eight, williams took on caroline wozniacki, wozniacki took first set single break lead , led break in second set, williams came , broke , broke again in twelfth game push decider. in deciding set, pair until williams broke in twelfth game take match. in first meeting in on year, serena williams took on sister venus in match spot in final. venus took break lead, serena came , won set in tie-break. however, venus dominated next 2 sets win match, , beat sister first time in 5 years.

western & southern open

williams, similar rogers cup received bye in first round of western & southern open , faced samantha stosur in following round. match lot tighter match in montreal, williams came out victor in 2 tie-break sets winning both 9 points seven. match did not have breaks of serve nor break points. in round of 16, williams defeated ital y s flavia pennetta in 2 quick sets, dropping 2 games in each set, making 28 winners , 25 unforced errors in process. in quarterfinals, williams took on jelena janković, williams took first set dropping game. in second set, serbian took brake lead, williams came winning 5 of last 6 games, win set , match in 58 minutes. in last 4, williams second straight week faced caroline wozniacki, previous encounter, williams made slow start giving first set dane. however, williams again turned in around winning next 2 sets advance final. match featured 15 breaks of serves, williams breaking serve 8 times while wozniacki broke 7 times. williams made 36 winners opponents 8 , 41 unforced errors opponents 23. win awarded williams open series third time. williams faced serbia s ana ivanovic in final, ivanovic took break lead , had break point double break lead in fifth game, not convert. williams took game , 10 of next 12 games win first cincinnati title. williams hit 12 aces in match.

us open

williams came open two-time defending champion , world no. 1. williams started off campaign against young american taylor townsend , blasted past 18-year-old, dropping 4 games including breadstick in second in 55 minutes. williams made sixteen winners 8 unforced errors opponents 6 winners , fourteen unforced errors. in second round, took american in vania king, serena made quick work of compatriot dropping game in 2 sets in 57 minutes aide of 25 winners in entire match. in following round, faced third american opponent in row in varvara lepchenko, williams had tougher time time around despite losing 3 games in each set including saving break point in sixth game of second set, prevent opponent take break lead against her. in round of 16, williams took on estonia s kaia kanepi , picked similar scoreline previous round nineteen winners , sixteen unforced errors. win marks first time williams gets past fourth of slam in year. in last eight, williams had italian flavia pennetta between , final four. pennetta had lead winning first 3 games , breaking williams twice, american came strong , won 12 of next 14 games advance. in semifinals, williams faced ekaterina makarova , beat russian in hour including breadstick in second set advance final. in final, person standing between williams , 18th slam, caroline wozniacki, third time 2 facing in span of month williams winning previous 2 in 3 sets. however, match one-sided in williams favor, williams winning dropping 3 game in each set , hitting more winners opponent outstanding 29 winners 4 winners. marks milestones williams, including first women since evert in 1977 win 3 opens in row, open titles in open era 6 tying evert , 18th slam, placing second in open era , 4th in all-time count of slams chris evert , martina navratilova. williams earned highest single paycheck in history of tennis outstanding $4 million, $1 million bonus coming winning open series.