Serena Williams of the United States poses with a trophy given to her by the WTA Tour after the 31-year-old American reclaimed the world number one ranking following her WTA Qatar Open tennis quarter-final match against Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova in the Qatari capital, Doha on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)
Serena Williams of the United States poses with a trophy given to her by the WTA Tour after the 31-year-old American reclaimed the world number one ranking following her WTA Qatar Open tennis quarter-final match against Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova in the Qatari capital, Doha on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)
Williams reaches Qatar Open final
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A day after securing the No. 1 ranking,
Serena Williams downed
Maria Sharapova for a 10th straight time 6-3, 6-2 to reach the Qatar Open final on Saturday.
Williams will face Victoria Azarenka, whom she will replace at the top in Monday's new rankings update.
Azarenka beat Agnieszka Radwanska 6-3, 6-3 in the other semifinal.
Williams, who had been inconsistent for much of the week and struggled with her first serve, was dominant. She broke Sharapova to go up 4-2 and had a love service game on the way to winning the first set.
Sharapova came out stronger in the secondt and had a chance to go up 2-0. But Williams saved the break point and broke the third-ranked Russian to go up 2-1. She broke again for 5-2.
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