Sharapova wins women's title.

Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (born April 19, 1987) is a Russian professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. A US resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 24 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open. She has also won the year-end invitational WTA Tour Championships in 2004.
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has ranked Sharapova World No. 1 in singles on four separate occasions. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on Aug 22, 2005 and last regained this ranking for the fourth time on May 19, 2008.
Sharapova wins women's title:
Maria Sharapova rallied from the brink of elimination to win her first Western & Southern Open title, one year after she finished as the runner-up to Kim Clijsters at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason.The Russian player denied Jelena Jankovic her first title since March of 2010 by executing a second-set comeback bid and hanging on for a 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 victory.Sharapova raised her arms and smiled after winning the two-hour, 49-minute W&S Open title match – the longest Women’s Tennis Association final of the year, and the 11th to go three sets.I was so close last year, so it’s nice to have that feeling of being the champion after going through a tough one last year,” Sharapova said. “It wasn’t really something I thought about coming in this week. I just knew that I played some good tennis here last year, and I hoped that I could take it a step further.”That she did.Sharapova clinched her second title of the year and first since beating Samantha Stosur in Rome in May. Besides claiming a $360,000 purse and 900 ranking points, she’s expected to vault from No. 7 in the WTA rankings to No. 4 when today’s poll is released.The last time she was fourth in the world was August of 2008.Jankovic, the 2009 W&S Open champion, said the match could have gone either way. The Serbian player said her biggest downfalls were her inconsistent serving and double faults.
She thought the wind might have had something to do with them.Sometimes I would toss (the ball) and it would go too far in front or somewhere where it’s not my hitting zone,” Jankovic said. “But I don’t want to make excuses. Just it wasn’t my serving day. I wish it was, because it would be a big difference.”