Dang it... Madison Keys lost tho Kerber in the finals of

[a kennedy]

Kerber rallies past Madison Keys to win Family Circle Cup

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Angelique Kerber didn't really like playing on clay. That's changed in a big way Sunday when the fifth-seeded German rallied past American Madison Keys to win the Family Circle Cup.

The 27-year-old Kerber trailed 4-1 in the final set, yet took six of the last seven games to pull out a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 victory for her fourth career WTA title and first on the slow, gunky coating power players love to hate.

"You know, it was never my favorite surface," Kerber said. "But it's changed in the last year. I knew that I can play also on clay and it's good also for my (overall) game because I'm playing defensive and being aggressive."

Kerber showed both those qualities against the power-hitting Keys, who came into the final without dropping a service game. Kerber broke Keys in the first game and five times overall, relentlessly sending 120 mph serves and sizzling groundstrokes back that had gone for winners earlier in the week.

Still, it was a frustrated Kerber in the third set who needed a good talking to from coach Torben Beltz to refocus and re-strategize. He told Kerber to up her aggressiveness and take the game to Keys, something that happened early on but not in the middle part of the match.

http://news.yahoo.com/kerber-rallies-past-madison-keys-win-family-circle-200044686--spt.htmlL

[tishaLA]

1. OTOH Hingis and Mirza won the doubles championship

and Mirza therefore became the #1 ranked women's doubles player in the world, the first Indian woman to have that distinction. Mira and Hingis are also now undefeated as a team after winning Indian Wells, Miami, and the Family Circle Cup.