World number one Serena Williams has claimed her 69th career title with a straight-set win over Simona Halep at the WTA Cincinnati tournament.This win now sees the American tennis queen move up the list of WTA tennis legends as she has now gone past Aussie legend Evonne Goolagong into fifth place in the all-time WTA win list in the Open Era. Martina Navratilova heads the list with 167 singles crowns.Serena was not at her imperial best but still managed to hold off third seed Halep 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) to claim her fifth title of the year.“I think that playing Simona really tested me, and I felt like I was up for the challenge and up for the test,” Williams said.“I definitely feel there is room for improvement.”Serena says she is looking forward to the start of the US Open in eight days where dhe would attempt to make history as she attempts to complete a rare calendar-year Grand Slam in singles.“I prefer to have this pressure than the pressure of not winning,” she said. “Not everyone can handle that pressure, but I’m OK with it. I would rather be in this position than another one.”Even with her lose to Williams, Halep would overtake Maria Sharapova as the second ranked player in the world when the new rankings are released on Monday.
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