US Open: Errani-Vinci win women`s doubles title

New York: Italian pair Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci have clinched the US Open women`s doubles title.

The second-seeded Italians beat third-seeded Czechs Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 6-4, 6-2 Sunday for their second Grand Slam championship and second in three months after they broke through at the French Open, reports Xinhua.

The two players faced each other in women`s singles quarterfinals with the 10th seeded Errani outlasting her friend and doubles partner 6-2, 6-4.

"Good thing is we can celebrate together," Errani said.

In singles, Errani was the runner-up at Roland Garros and Vinci made her best Grand Slam run by reaching the quarters here.

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Petrova triumphant in Tokyo

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Defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska was unseated in Tokyo as Nadia Petrova beat her in the final of the Pan Pacific Open.

In a game that saw the momentum ebb and flow from one side of the court to the other, Petrova took the first set to love, surrendered the second to one and then took the match 6-0 1-6 6-3.

The decider was the most competitive of the three, with the match in the balance until Radwanska, the third seed, twice double faulted to let Petrova in.

She duly served out for the match, winning with a smash and adding Radwanska to her scalps for the week.

The Russian has now beaten Radwanska, Sara Errani and Sam Stosur on her way to the title, which is the 12th of her career.