WILLIAMS FINALISTA DEL US OPEN 2013

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Serena Williams served well, moved well, was clutch on big points and dominated in almost every way in her semifinal match against Li Na, winning 6-0, 6-3, to advance to the 2013 US Open final against Victoria Azarenka. 

 Williams, the world No. 1, will now be looking to win her fifth US Open and 17th overall major title in a rematch of last year finale, which Williams won in three sets over Azarenka. “I was a little nervous but I was able to close it out finally,” Williams said. “I’ve been really focused in all my practices. I look forward to it (the final). 
It’s great to be back in another final. Victoria is a great player and lifts her game when it counts.” Williams entered the match with a 8-1 record against No. 5 seed Li, but the two battled for two tight sets in Cincinnati just a few weeks ago, before Williams prevailed. Friday’s semifinal was nothing similar. Williams won the opening set in just 29 minutes as Li struggled with errors, hitting 12 unforced for the set, especially on her forehand side, and just one winner. Li was disappointed in her level of tennis, knowing that her 24 unforced errors and four doubles faults were costly.

 "I mean, should not be nervous because it is not my first time to play semis," said the 2011 French Open champion and three-time Grand Slam finalist, alluding to her big-match experience. "But when I walk to the court I was feeling the court so big. Even the first set or beginning of the second set I was feeling, it's not about the technique. It's about the problem about myself." Li, one of the few women on tour who can match Williams off the ground, was in the rallies but was the one making more mistakes. Playing in her first career US Open semifinal, she was back in the match briefly in the second set, when Williams played a rare error-strewn game and was broken for just the second time the entire tournament, as Li took a 2-1 lead when Williams netted a forehand. 

 The lead was short-lived. Williams rallied from down 0-40 to break back in the next game as Li’s backhand went astray, with six errors. The defending champion broke again for 4-2 and had six match points on Li’s serve at 5-2 in a 13-minute battle before Li managed to hold and force her to serve out the match. She did just that. 
On her seventh match point, Williams converted when Li hit a forehand return into the net and advanced to her 21st career Grand Slam final. Williams did not have her biggest serving day, with just four aces, but she outplayed Li in almost every category, with 19 winners to 8 and won 76 percent of first serves to just 50 for Li.