Serena Williams has ended the year in the best possible way, claiming her 3rd career WTA Championship crown and at 31 years old, holding the dubious honour of being the oldest ever champion! She defeated Sharapova 64 63, taking home her 7th title of 2012 (the most of any player this season).
Williams was always in control, hitting 40 winners and never facing break point. Sharapova did well to win as many games as she did because she was always under pressure, but as always she continued to fight.
1st Set
Williams only needed the one break in the 5th game to see the set through, hitting 19 winners to Sharapova's 7.
2nd Set
Struggling behind her 2nd serve, Sharapova was broken in the 1st and last games of the set to concede the title, despite a clean 13:12 winner:error differential
All in all, Williams proved once again that she is unplayable in this kind of form. This win takes her head to head record to 10-2 vs Sharapova and she's now won the last 9! Williams has now won 3 out of 5 finals at the Champs and finishes the year with a 58-4 win loss ratio; better than her 2002 56-5 record! Williams also joins Azarenka in passing the $7 million mark this year in earnings; both tour records. Sharapova finishes the year with the most wins of her career, 60-11 and has taken the most games from Williams since Wimbledon 2010. This was her 2nd Champs final loss and her 6th finals loss of the year! :(
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