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(AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Victoria Azarenka routed Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 to win the Australian Open women's title and secure the No. 1 ranking on Saturday night, all in her first Grand Slam final.
The 22-year-old Belarusian dropped her opening service game and was down 2-0 after a nervous start before winning 12 of the next 13 games to take the match away from Sharapova, a three-time major winner and the 2008 Australian champion.
She became only the third woman to earn the No. 1 spot after winning her first Grand Slam title. And she's the fifth different winner in as many majors.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Leftarm spinner Abdur Rehman grabbed 6-25 to shoot out England for 72 and clinch a 72-run victory over the world's top-ranked test side on Saturday, also sealing a series victory on the fourth day of the second test.
The victory earned Pakistan an unassailable 2-0 win in the three-match series with the last match to be played at Dubai next week where England was beaten by 10 wickets in the first test. (MORE)
LONDON (AP) On-loan forward Landon Donovan led Everton to its first ever FA Cup win over Fulham and a place in the fifth round on Friday, setting up both goals in his team's 2-1 win at Goodison.
Fulham had progressed in the FA Cup on all four previous occasions it had been drawn against Everton, and led again against the Toffees through Danny Murphy's 14th-minute penalty. (MORE)
LONDON (AP) Police have opened an investigation after Queens Park Rangers reportedly received a package in the mail addressed to defender Anton Ferdinand that contained a bullet.
QPR contacted police on Friday, a day before the team plays Chelsea for the first time since Blues captain John Terry was charged with racially abusing Ferdinand in a Premier League match in October. (MORE)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) After 25 Grand Slam tournaments, Victoria Azarenka is through to her first final. Maria Sharapova, her opponent in Saturday's Australian Open title decider, has been there five times before, and won three.
That's all history from Azarenka's perspective. (MORE)
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