Stosur stuns Williams to win U.S. Open title

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Australia’s Sam Stosur upset  American Serena Williams 6-2 6-3 today to win an  ill-tempered U.S. Open women’s final.
Stosur played the match of her life to defeat the most  formidable player of her generation and capture her first grand  slam title, spoiling American hopes of a home-bred champion on  the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Williams, bidding for a fourth U.S. Open crown, failed to  reproduce her best after sailing to the final without dropping  a set and let her frustrations boil over.
Throughout the second set she repeatedly argued with the  chair umpire in a petulant display that rekindled memories of  her exit from the 2009 U.S. Open.
“If you ever see me walking down the hall, look the other  way because you’re out of control,” Williams said.
While Williams berated the official, Stosur remained a  model of composure. The 27-year-old dominated the match from  the outset and fully deserved her win, played in front of a  raucous Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd.
She put Williams under pressure from the start with some  thunderbolt returns that pinned Williams behind the baseline  and attacked her backhand, forcing her to make errors.
Stosur broke Williams’s serve twice in the first set then  three times in the second and only lost her own serve once.
Stosur, seeded ninth, became the first Australian woman to  win the U.S. Open title since Margaret Court in 1973. The last  Australian woman to win any grand slam was Evonne  Goolagong-Cawley at Wimbledon in 1980.
Stosur, who was better known as a doubles player, emerged  as Australia’s best prospect in years when she made the final  at the French Open last year but lost to Italy’s Francesca  Schiavone.