Williams, who won the Stanford title in 2000 and 2002, won her 49th career singles title in Taiwan in February. SAN FRANCISCO - Top-seeded Venus Williams will play for her 50th WTA title on Sunday in Stanford, in the tournament where she made her professional debut 22 years ago. Konta, ranked 18th in the world, reached her first career WTA final with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over second-seeded Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova. Up 5-4 in the second and serving for the match, Williams produced three double faults, wasting two match points. She was just placing the serve really well, and it was really hard to read it."

Source: Bangkok Post July 24, 2016 05:03 UTC