Sam Stosur won her first Grand Slam title with a stunning victory over Serena Williams in a controversial US Open final.
The ninth seed gave an impressive performance to beat the three-time champion 6-2 6-3 in one hour and 13 minutes at Flushing Meadows.
An outburst from Williams that brought the American a code violation had threatened to overshadow the final.
But a nerveless Stosur continued to dominate and ran out a deserved winner.
The 27-year-old from Queensland becomes the first Australian woman to win the US Open since Margaret Court in 1973.
She went into the final as a considerable underdog, having played in just one Grand Slam final compared to the 13-time major winner Williams, who had not dropped a set in the tournament.
Stosur was clearly not concerned by any of that as she used her strengths, a heavy kick serve and powerful forehand, to take control against a misfiring Williams.
The American has the best serve in the game but making just 35% of first serves in the opening set allowed Stosur to attack the returns and break twice as she took it in 31 minutes.
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