Williams 'needed' US Open title win

World number one Serena Williams said she would have considered 2013 a disappointing year had she not won her fifth US Open title on Sunday. The defending champion, 31, beat second seed Victoria Azarenka 7-5 6-7 (6-8) 6-1 to claim her second Grand Slam title of the year following her French Open win. Williams has now won 17 Grand Slam singles titles, seven short of Margaret Court's all-time major record of 24 titles and five from Steffi Graf's Open era mark of 22. She arrived at Flushg Meadows having won eight titles and enjoyed a career-best winning streak of 34 matches in 2013.