TENNIS Wozniacki holds off Williams

Caroline Wozniacki won the biggest title of her career when she beat Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 in the WTA Finals on Sunday in Singapore. The Dane completed the victory with a backhand down the line on a second match point for her 60th match victory of the season. The 27-year-old Wozniacki’s best previous result at the WTA Finals was reaching the final in 2010. Williams, who was hoping to win a 50th career title Sunday, is the only player at this year’s WTA Finals who didn’t win a title during the season. Williams, 37, appeared in three finals at the five most prestigious tournaments of the season: the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and in Singapore.

Pouille wins third title

Lucas Pouille won his third title of the season and fourth overall after defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1, 6-4 in an all-French final at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna on Sunday. The 25th-ranked Pouille had not won a set against Tsonga in their two previous matches, which included the final in Marseille in February. Tsonga, who won in Antwerp last week, went 4-1 in finals this season. It was his third final in Vienna after winning the event in 2011 and losing last year’s final to Andy Murray. Pouille controlled the match after saving a break point at 1-1. He won five consecutive games to take the opening set. He used one more break to close out the victory when Tsonga hit a return long.