Top seed Venus Williams claimed her third
straight Acura Classic hardcourt title with an easy victory over an ailing
Jelena Dokic.
Williams, who has won 20 of her last 22 matches, followed last week's victory
up the coast in Stanford with a 6-2 6-2 win over the sixth-seeded Yugoslavian,
who developed an overnight stomach virus.
The 55-minute match started even at 2-2 before Williams ran off four straight
games to take the opening set.
She raced to a 4-1 lead in the second set before Dokic broke back.
But Williams took control again and put away the match to earn the 115,000 US
dollar top prize.
The 22-year-old American captured her sixth championship of the season and
27th of her career, also extending her winning streak to nine matches.
But she will remain second behind younger sister Serena in the WTA Tour
rankings.
Venus' only losses since May have come against her sibling in the finals of
the French Open and Wimbledon.
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