Venus and Serena Williams claimed the US Open women's doubles title with a 6-1 6-2 win over Cara Black and Liezel Huber.
Black and Huber demolished in one-sided US Open final
Venus and Serena Williams won the US Open women's doubles title with a 6-2 6-2 success over top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber in Monday's final.
The Williams sisters, seeded fourth at Flushing Meadows, totally dominated the 89-minute contest to collect their third Grand Slam doubles title of the year - and 10th in total.
The did not face even a single break point as Black, from Zimbabwe, and American Huber failed to live up to their billing as the top-ranked pair.
The doubles final came 40 hours after Serena had been knocked out of the singles by Kim Clijsters, the Belgian having won when the American was punished with a point penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct on match point, her second code violation of the match.
Before the doubles final got under way,
Serena had issued an apology to the line judge she verbally abused during her semi-final defeat, amending a previous statement in which she had pointedly not made any such gesture.
Williams had been fined $10,000 for her tirade and could face the loss of her $350,000 prize money as a losing semi-finalist or a possible suspension from future grand slams after the Grand Slam Committee began a further investigation into the incident.
Exciting
"It was definitely exciting, congratulations to our opponents, and I would like to thank my fans for everything," Serena said after her doubles triumph.
"I really love you guys and I don't ever want to have a bad image for you guys.
"You fans are my number one and I love playing here in New York. I love playing with Venus."
Venus added:"I have a great partner. I believe in her just as much as I believe in myself."
