Fourth seed Serena Williams beat second seed Jelena Jankovic 6-4 7-5 in a fantastic final of the US Open to win her ninth Grand Slam title and again become the top-ranked player in the world.

Both Serena and Jelena played superbly, making the final very entertaining, but the Serb wasted some great chances against great Serena. However, I can say it's a pity the match wasn't a three-setter.

I will add much more details to this post later, after I get some sleep :). It's 6 a.m. here now.

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Top seeds Cara Black of Zimbabwe and Liezel Huber of the United States won women’s doubles title defeating American Lisa Raymond and Australian Samantha Stosur at the 2008 US Open.

With a 6-3 7-6 (8-6) victory over Raymond and Stosur, who were seeded tenth, the world No.1s won their fourth women's doubles Grand Slam title.

At this year’s US Open, Black had also clinched the mixed doubles title, paired with India's Leander Paes, and she played the final match against her partner in women’s doubles Huber and Briton Jamie Murray. (photo via Yahoo)

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While we’re awaiting the US Open women’s final between Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic, let’s give some time to the player missed most at this tournament – Maria Sharapova. You know Maria had to withdraw because of a persistent shoulder injury, and she might even be missing the rest of the season, but that doesn’t mean the Russian fashionista hadn’t prepared some cool outfits for the final Grand Slam of the year. Here are the Nike dresses Sharapova would have been wearing hadn’t she skipped the event. The blue dress was supposed to be worn by day, while the black one was made for the night. (via Great Tennis Photos)

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The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour announced its landmark 2009 Roadmap calendar, featuring the most sweeping reforms in history to the circuit structure. The aim of the reforms is to create a more fan friendly and healthier system to more consistently deliver stars to top events and reduce withdrawals.

Cornerstones of the 2009 Roadmap calendar:

Longer Off-Season
• 30% increase in off-season (7 to 9 weeks, with season to end in October) Read more »

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Two-time US Open champion Serena Williams coped better than Dinara Safina with the gusty winds at Flushing Meadows and reached the final of the tournament beating the Russian 6-3 6-2.

The fourth-seeded Williams survived having her serve broken in the first game to break Safina, the sixth seed, a total of five times in the match affected by bad weather. Williams made 21 unforced errors, while Safina, who was frustrated by the wind, committed 41.

Williams was playing her first US Open semifinal since winning the tournament in 2002.
In the final, which will decide who takes the number one ranking, she will face second seed Jelena Jankovic. The Serb advanced earlier in the day by beating Elena Dementieva.

Williams and Jankovic are tied at 3-3 in their meetings. The last time they played each other was in Miami, it was the final too, and Serena won 6-1 5-7 6-3.

The US Open final is scheduled for Saturday but bad weather is forecast, so we can expect the match to be postponed. (photo: Getty Images)

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