Venus Williams celebrates her latest tennis title on Sunday. (Alessandro Della Bella/Keystone/Associated Press)Venus Williams of the United States captured the Zurich Open on Sunday with a straight sets win over Flavia Pennetta.
Williams topped the Italian 7-6, 6-2 in the Swiss final. Pennetta had beaten Williams for the third consecutive time last week early in the Kremlin Cup competition in Moscow.
The turning point was the first set tiebreak, with Williams storming into a 6-0 lead after forcing two early errors from her opponent with a couple of powerful ground strokes directly to Pennetta's feet.
Williams all but clinched a place at the season-ending WTA Championships in Doha, Qatar, where the top eight women in the game will compete.
On the men's tour, Andy Murray of Scotland defeated Gilles Simon of France 6-4, 7-6 (6) in the final of the Madrid Masters.
It was Murray's second Masters title of the year, following a win in Cincinnati in the summer.
Murray had reached the final by avenging a defeat against No. 2 Roger Federer, who had defeated him in the U.S. Open in September.
Simon also enjoyed a tremendous week, following up wins over the likes of Igor Andreev and James Blake by knocking off top seed Rafael Nadal of Spain in three sets in the semifinals.
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