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ISTANBUL, Turkey -- The way this season has been going for Serena Williams, there was only one fitting way for it to end. Williams capped a career year in style Sunday, earning her 11th title of 2013 by coming from behind to beat Li Na 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 for her second straight WTA Championships crown. Williams became the eighth woman to win 11 or more titles in a year and the first since Martina Hingis had 12 in 1997. She is also the first to repeat as champion at the season-ending WTA Championships since Justine Henin in 2007. "It was an awesome year of tennis," said Williams, who sank to her knees after firing a backhand winner on her second match point. The victory brought Williams prize money total for the year to $12,385,572. The only player, male or female, to earn more in a year was Novak Djokovic with $12,803,737 in 2012 and $12,619,803 in 2011. The American won her fourth WTA Championship, having captured the elite tournament for the top eight players also in her debut in 2001 and in 2009 and 2012. Williams has won 78 of 82 matches this year and will finish the year as the top-ranked player for the third time in her career after 2002 and 2009. Williams titles this year included the French and U.S. Opens for a total of 17 Grand Slam crowns. Her winning percentage of .951 is the best on the tour since 1990. Martina Navratilova had an 86-1 record and a .989 percentage in 1983. Still, Williams said she would have preferred to have won at least one more Grand Slam title. "I live to win slams. I mean, obviously Im so excited to be the WTA champion," Williams said. "I cant say its the best (season). I cant say its not the best. I dont know. I really dont know." Li was in her first WTA Championships final and will finish the year at a career-high No. 3. The final featured two players above the age of 30 for the first time in the championships 43-year history. Williams is 32 and Li is 31 but both are playing some of their best tennis. Li got off to a better start over a sluggish-looking Williams, who struggled a day earlier to beat Jelena Jankovic and complained later of being exhausted after a long season. "I felt good this morning, much better than I did yesterday, but then in practice I was like, Oh, no. I was a little worried, but I just hung in there and just kept going and going," Williams said. The Chinese was quick to break serve for a 2-1 lead and rolled through the first set, which ended with Williams netting a forehand and hitting a backhand passing shot wide. Williams won a key game at the start of the second set that went to nine deuces and lasted nearly 12 minutes as the American fended off two break points before finally prevailing with a service winner. "I guess looking back it was definitely a very important game for me to win," Williams said. "She had been on a real roll. I guess I was determined to win that game at any cost." Li blasted an ace, her only one of the match, to level at 3-3. But she produced a double-fault and a forehand error to give Williams a chance to serve out the set. Williams needed three set points to close it out. "After a set and a half, I was feeling no more energy left. Its a tough tournament, because I played five days in a row," Li said. "Every opponent (is in the) top eight, so you never have an easy match in this tournament." It was another double-fault by Li that gave Williams a break of serve at the start of the third and the American never looked back. Williams did have to save five break points, the last one with her sixth ace, before wrapping up the title. Li, the 2011 French Open champion, fell to 1-10 against Williams. She lost a set at 6-0 for the second straight time they played. She won only three games in her loss to Williams in the semifinals of the U.S. Open. "I have a little bit bad taste, because its at love, but I still feel more positive things," Li said. After three years in Istanbul, the tournament moves to Singapore for the next five years. Authentic Tyler Toffoli Jersey . Blatter also told reporters Saturday after meeting with Qatars emir that the decision to award the tournament to the desert nation is "not reversible." There have been calls to move the tournament because of Qatars intense heat. Authentic Trevor Lewis Jersey . Notes on Bergeron, Marchand, Gorges, Vanek, Gaborik, Doughty, Hiller and more. BRUINS STORM BACK TO TAKE GAME TWO The Boston Bruins rallied from a 3-1 deficit, scoring four unanswered goals, to win Game Two, 5-3 over the Montreal Canadiens. http://www.cheapnhlkingsjerseysauthentic.com/?tag=authentic-wayne-gretzky-jersey. Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone dismissed Tuesdays massive anti-government protest in Manama as "a lot of kids having a go at the police." "I dont think its anything serious at all," Ecclestone was quoted as saying in The Guardian newspaper on Wednesday. Cheap Los Angeles Kings Gear .Currently no, Tatjana Haenni, FIFAs deputy director of the competitions division and head of womens competitions, said Tuesday in an interview from Ottawa. Authentic Drew Doughty Jersey . Marian Gaborik had two goals and an assist and Martin Jones made just 17 saves to record his fourth shutout of the season as the Kings snapped a three-game losing skid with a 3-0 victory over the lowly Oilers on Thursday.OAKLAND, Calif. - Bud Selig will likely leave his tenure as baseball commissioner early next year with one unsettled situation that has him "frustrated." The Oakland Athletics still dont have the new ballpark he says he believes they desperately need. Selig praised all parties after the As recently reached a 10-year lease agreement with the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority to stay at the rundown Coliseum. Whether the As are able to one day build a new stadium at the current Coliseum site or elsewhere in Oakland, Selig will support the teams ideas. "This is always something I wanted to get resolved before I leave office, which is another 5 1/2 or six months," Selig said Tuesday, citing litigation as the current snag. "Ive always said the local club, they know their market best." Sitting next to fraternity brother and longtime friend, As owner Lew Wolff, Selig acknowledged the criticisms of Oaklands ballpark situation while saying, "Its complicated, its very complicated." Earlier this year, the City of San Jose appealed a judges decision throwing out a key argument in its lawsuit against Major League Baseball over the As plans to relocate to San Jose, where the San Francisco Giants hold territorial rights. At the January 2012 owners meetings, Selig said the Bay Area situation was on the "front burner." He appointed a committee in March 2009 to study the issues facing the teams, but never ruled on the matter. "I know theres been criticism about the length this has taken. Im proud of everything weve done the last 22 years, but this is one of those things as I look back on it, however, its complicated, its very complicated," Selig said.dddddddddddd "Now we have litigation, so everything is now on hold. Thats just a fact of life once we get in litigation. But let me say at the outset, this team needs a new ballpark. ... Once the litigations resolved, then well all proceed." Rob Manfred will succeed the 80-year-old Selig on Jan. 25. Selig is making stops at all of the ballparks during his farewell tour. He said Manfred is up to speed on the challenges for the low-budget As, who have won the past two AL West titles. "Theyve done a remarkable job under the circumstances," Selig said. "One of the reasons for the resurgence of this sport, there are multiple reasons, are the new stadiums. ... I wish it had been resolved. I understand peoples frustrations, I do understand. Theres a lot of history here." Selig met with club officials during his short visit. Oaklands Bob Melvin was eager to get some time with Selig, who helped the manager get a job with Milwaukee after his playing days. Melvin had quite a connection: His late great-aunt, Estie, played bridge with Seligs parents. "Its quite the industry at this point now. Hes made a lot of changes in his tenure, whether starting with interleague, the competitive balance now and the strides that they took getting it to this point, instant replay," Melvin said. "Theres a lot of things hes done that for an old-school guy has really had an eye on some of the new-school things. Its been an incredible run." 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