{"id":8192,"date":"2013-08-12T04:45:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T04:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/serena-williams-wins-eighth-trophy-easily\/"},"modified":"2013-08-12T04:45:09","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T04:45:09","slug":"serena-williams-wins-eighth-trophy-easily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/serena-williams-wins-eighth-trophy-easily\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams wins eighth trophy easily"},"content":{"rendered":"
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World number one Serena Williams steamrolled Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-0 on Sunday to win the WTA title in Toronto and signal her readiness for a US Open title bid.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old American, stung by a fourth-round Wimbledon exit after grabbing her 16th Grand Slam crown at Roland Garros, claimed a third Canadian crown to go with those she won in 2001 and 2011.<\/p>\n

Williams needed just 61 minutes to notch her eighth title of 2013 and the 54th of her career.<\/p>\n

Cirstea, who had beaten three top-10 players en route to the final in Caroline Wozniacki, Petra Kvitova and Li Na as well as former world number one Jelena Jankovic, couldn’t pull off another upset.<\/p>\n

It was her third straight-sets loss to Williams in as many meetings.<\/p>\n

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