Serena Williams recovered from a second-set lapse to win her third WTA title of the year by beating Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the Family Circle Cup final on Sunday. The fifth-seeded American fought back from an early break down in the third set to wrap up victory in one hour 50 minutes. Williams, 26, broke the ninth-seeded Russian in the third game of the match on the green clay surface and held serve to take the first set when her opponent netted a forehand. After surprisingly losing the second set as her frustrations mounted, Williams broke Zvonareva twice in the third set to clinch the 31st WTA title of her career. In the semifinals, Williams beat French teenager Alize Cornet 7-5, 6-3 and Zvonareva upset fellow Russian Elena Dementieva 6-3, 6-7, 6-3. “It was definitely an up-and-down final like most of my matches have been this week,” world number nine Williams said. “I wasn't frustrated,” said Zvonareva, who saved nine of 12 break points during the match. Blake in final Top seed James Blake cruised into the final of the US Clay Court Championship with a 6-3, 7-6 victory over Spaniard Oscar Hernandez in Houston on Saturday. The American world number eight, seeking his 11th ATP title, swept through the opening set before clinching the tiebreak in the second 7-3 to wrap up the win in 95 minutes. In the final, Blake will face Spain's Marcel Granollers-Pujol, who came from a set down to beat American Wayne Odesnik 3-6, 7-5, 6
