Venus Wins Dubai

Venus Williams beat Alize Cornet in straight sets to win the Dubai Championships title for a third time.

Venus had to avenge her sisters straight set defeat to Cornet in the semis.

Venus used all of her experience to record a 6-3 6-0 victory against the world number 26 in Saturday's final.

This was her first WTA Tour title since she won in Luxembourg  in October 2012.

Cornet's impressive victory over Serena in the last four means the Williams sisters have still not met in a final since 2009.

Venus was not in a mood to join her sister in defeat, however, and beat the 24-year-old Frenchwoman in a match lasting 91 minutes.

Key to the victory - her 45th on the WTA Tour - was the fact she converted five of eight break points against the Cornet serve, while her French opponent only took advantage of one out of six such opportunities to come her way.

In the rest of the draw, Venus had to fight past incredibly good players in the shape of Ana Ivanovic, Flavia Pennetta, Caroline Wozniaki and Alize Cornet. Remarkably, Venus did not drop a single set.