Serena Williams becomes 8th woman to win 11 titles in a year

The way this year has been going for Serena Williams, there was only one appropriate way for it to end.

Williams allocated a profession year in style Few days, creating her 11th title of 2013 by coming from behind to beat Li Na 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 for her second straight WTA Competitors top.

Williams became the 8th woman to win 11 or more titles in a year and the first since Martina Hingis had 12 in 1997. She is also the first to do it again as champ at the season-ending WTA Competitors since Justine Henin in 2007.

"It was an awesome year of tennis," said Williams, who went under to her feet after capturing a backhand champ on her second organize aspect.

The achievements offered Williams' prize money finish for the year to $12,385,572. The only player, females or men, to produce more in a year was Novak Djokovic with $12,803,737 this year and $12,619,803 this year.

The America won her 4th WTA Competitors, having taken the top level tournament for the top eight players also in her first overall look in 2001 and during 2009 and 2012.

Williams has won 78 of 82 matches this year and will finish the year as the top-ranked player for the third time interval in her profession after 2002 and 2009. Williams' titles this year engaged the Italy and U.S. Shows for a finish of 17 Large Toss allocated tooth. Her effective quantity of .951 is the best on the journey since 1990. Martina Navratilova had an 86-1 history and a .989 quantity in 1983.

Still, Williams said she would have suggested to have won at least one more Large Toss title.

"I remain to win jellies. I mean, obviously I'm so excited to be the WTA champ," Williams said. "I can't say it's the best (season). I can't say it's not the best. I don't know. I really don't know."

Li was in her first WTA Competitors last and will finish the year at a career-high No. 3.

The last offered two players above the age of 30 for originally in the championships' 43-year history. Williams is 32 and Li is 31 but both are experiencing some of their best tennis.

Li got off to a better begin over a sluggish-looking Williams, who battled a day formerly to beat Jelena Jankovic and revealed later of being exhausted after a long year.

"I knowledgeable outstanding these days, much better than I did yesterday, but then in work out I was like, 'Oh, no.' I was a little engaged, but I just set up in there and just kept going and going," Williams said.

The Chinese suppliers was quick to break offer for a 2-1 cause and mixed through the first set, which completed Williams coming up a forehand and attaining a backhand shifting taken comprehensive.

Williams won a key action at the begin of the second set that went to nine deuces and live through nearly 12 minutes as the America fended off two break aspects before finally current with a assistance champ.

"I think looking coming back it was definitely a very important action for me to win," Williams said. "She had been on a real shift. I think I was recognized to win that action at any cost."

Li turned an ace, her only one of the organize, to level at 3-3. But she designed a double-fault and a forehand error to offer Williams a probability to offer out the set. Williams needed three set aspects to closed it out.

"After a set and a 50 %, I was feeling no more energy staying. It's a complicated tournament, because I conducted five periods in a row," Li said. "Every opposition (is in the) top eight, so you never have an easy organize in this tournament."

It was another double-fault by Li that offered Williams a break of offer at the begin of the third and the America never seemed coming back.

Williams did have to protect five break aspects, the last one with her 6th ace, before protecting up the title.

Li, this seasons Italy Start champ, decreased to 1-10 against Williams. She losing a set at 6-0 for the second straight time they conducted. She won only three actions in her decrease to Williams in the semifinals of the U.S. Start.

"I have a little bit bad taste, because it's at really like, but I still encounter more valuable aspects," Li said.

After three years in Istanbul, the tournament goes to Singapore for the next five years.

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