Serena Williams: US Open win makes up for Grand Slam defeats

Serena Williams: US Open win makes up for Grand Slam defeats

Sareana Williams defended champions,31,beat second seed Vistoria Azarenka 7-5,6-7)6-8) 6-1 to claim her second Grand claim title of the year following her French open with.

Williams has now won 17 Grand slaim singles titles,seven short of margaret Corut's all-time major record of 24 titles and five from steffi Graf's opne era mark of 22.

Sarena William has won eight titles and a career-best wining steak of 34 matches in 2013.

But a quarter-final defeat by Sloane stephens at the Australian Open and a fourth-round loss t Sabine Lisicki at Wimbledon meant Williams felt she need another major title in new  York 

"I won the French Open but I wasn't happy with my performance in the other two slams and not even making it to the the quarter-finals of one''

''So I definitely feel a lot better with at least a Second Grand Slam under my belt this year.''

Williams let a double-break leads slip and failed to serve out the twice in Sundays's final.admitting.''I think I got a little uptight,which probably wasn't the best thing at that moment

World number one Serena Williams said she would have considered 2013 a disappointing year had she not won her fifth US Open title on Sunday.