Victoria Azarenka Won Sony Ericsson open Women's Title

World No. 10 Victoria Azarenka showed no signs of nerves in her first Premier-level final as she defeated No. 1 Serena Williams 6-3, 6-1 on Saturday to deny the American an all-time record sixth Sony Ericsson Open title.

At the age of 19 years, eight months, Azarenka becomes only the sixth teenage champion in tournament history, joining the distinguished list of Monica Seles (16 years, four months in 1990), Martina Hingis (16 years, six months in 1997), Steffi Graf (17 years, eight months in 1987), Venus Williams (17 years, nine months in 1998) and Gabriela Sabatini (18 years, 10 months in 1989).

Her success at the Sony Ericsson Open will see Azarenka rise from No. 10 to a career-high No. 8 in the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings on Monday. The Belarusian began the season ranked No. 16, but after winning her first two WTA Tour singles titles at Brisbane (d. Bartoli) and Memphis (d. Wozniacki) and reaching the semifinals at the Premier-level event in Indian Wells (l. to Zvonareva) two weeks ago, her ranking improved to No. 10 coming into the Sony Ericsson Open.

"I was so happy," said Azarenka. "It was the biggest win of my career so far. I was just so happy to finish that match, because I was getting a little bit nervous in the end."