Flavia Pennetta is the winner of the LA Women's Tennis Championships

Winner of the L.A. Women's Tennis Championships. (Reuters)


Runner up of the L.A. Women's Tennis Championships.

Finally, the Italian Flavia Pennetta has won the L.A. Women's Tennis Championships. She has played consistently in her way though she has not has a style like the other tennis greats such as the aggressive and power serves of Maria Sharapova or William sisters' strong hits, she has a develop a style of her own of scoring points from her various shots.

Her consistent playing style of all of her fundamental shots has certainly earned her the title as she wins Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-3. Though Samantha has lost the game she has improved in her world ranking.

For Pennetta she has won the prize of $107,000 and improved her ranking to world no. 12.

Maria Sharapova made it to the semi-finals and just there this time round...

Maria Sharapova roars after winning the quarter finals. (AP)


Flavia Pennetta runner-up of the LA Open sense of satisfaction after winning at the semi-finals against Maria Sharapova. (Getty images)


Maria Sharapova for the first time in the tournament with tapes on her shoulders after the semi-final match. (AP)

It was a tennis match between Maria Sharapova who aims to win a title after 10 months recuperating from shoulder injury and Flavia Pennetta at the semi-finals. Maria Sharapova managed to win the quarter-finals even after repeated faults as she scored back later on.

At the semi-finals, she won the first round but her serves that she could not controlled made her lost the game. She just could not get the ball to where she wants to and also this is the first time in this tournament where she had to put on her tapes.

Flavia Pennetta won the game and her next opponent will be Samantha Stosur at the final. For Maria, she still could not play consistently to her standard. Perhaps after injury, it will be uncomfortable for her to persist on like the past. Though she has not managed to a win a title yet. As long as she continues to train and take proper rest, she should be able to play to her standard again and many of her fans will be waiting and delighted for her to do so.

Maria Sharapova and Samantha Stosur continues to advance

Maria Sharapova strikes!


Aiming and adjusting for accuracy (AP)


Samantha Stosur returning the ball back (AP)

At the LA Championships Maria Sharapova has continued to advance and she has managed to win back Alona Bondarenko 4-6, 6-0, 6-3. From what we have seen so far is that Maria has in fact shown slow improvement in winning her matches after her injury. Though slow but still it is a progress and she shows continued spirit to go on. Now that she is at the quarter finals, she has improved from her previous games.

Samantha Stosur has also managed to continue to advance and she won Ana Ivanovic the champion before for the game. She played well and seems to be in a confident look with her cool sunglasses on. It seems that the matches at the LA championships are getting more interesting. Samantha Stosur will seem to have a more challenging as she may be facing world no. 1 in the next round.