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Mason, OH (Sports Network) - Victoria Azarenka prevailed in a tightly contested third-set tiebreaker to down top-seeded Serena Williams and win the $2.37 million Western & Southern Open in a classic championship match between the worlds top two ranked players on Sunday. The two-time reigning Australian Open champion Azarenka won four of the final five points of the deciding tiebreak to capture her 17th career ATP title with a 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) victory that took nearly 2 1/2 hours on the hardcourts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. The triumph was only Azarenkas third in 15 career meetings with the 16-time Grand Slam titlist Williams, though one of those verdicts came on a hard surface at Doha back in February. Williams also defeated Azarenka in the finals of last years U.S. Open. Williams, fresh off a title in Toronto last week, appeared well on her way to another after dominating Azarenka in the opening set. The 31-year-old American star played poorly in the second, however, committing 26 unforced errors to let Azarenka even the match. Azarenka later came up with a big break of Williams to grab a 4-2 lead in the third set, but the 2013 French Open champ roared back and broke Azarenka twice while taking the next three games to serve for the match. Williams couldnt hold serve, however, as Azarenka knotted the set at 5-5 before the match eventually went to a tiebreaker. Azarenka claimed four of the first six points of the tiebreak before Williams won the next three to hold a 5-4 edge. Azarenka rebounded too with back-to- back points with Williams serving to create match point, but Williams forced an error from Azarenka after returning serve to even things up once again. The Belarusian standout came up with a winner on her next serve, however, before Williams hit a forehead return into the net to clinch the match for Azarenka. 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It meant the likes of Paul Casey missed out on the chance to play at Hazeltine, a decision that saw McIlroy and?Lee Westwood?speak of their?desire to see the rules changed.And though he didnt mention McIlroy or Westwood by name, Harrington defended the European Tours stance on its qualification system.Harrington told the Irish Independent: The Ryder Cup is far too important to the European Tour for the man on the ground to be turning around and saying, Why not just select the top 12 in the world rankings and be done with it?That would be silly, wouldnt it? The reason we have done well in the Ryder Cup is because of our selection criteria and how we have worked it.Just because we lost the last one and the US have changed their criteria doesnt mean we should change ours. Ours was working just fine.The Ryder Cup is all about the European Tour. And the Ryder Cup, to be honest, it represents the non-Europeans who are members of the European Tour too. It is all about the European Tour. That is how I see it.It is absolutely a carrot used by the European Tour. If you want to play in the Ryder Cup and improve yourr career prospects and all that goes with it, you have got to be a member of the tour and play five times.dddddddddddd It is not much to ask anybody.He added: I like the system in place personally. I fully understand the importance of the Ryder Cup to the European Tour and the rank and file of the European Tour. You would never want to take away. Its like the golden ticket, isnt it?Every rank and file player starting a Ryder Cup year thinks he can make a Ryder Cup team. You dont want to take away that golden ticket. Thats what drives our tour. Youve got to look at the ordinary guy on tour, the rank and file guy and give him an opportunity to make the team.The support of the grassroots guys for the Ryder Cup is very important for the players, not just when they play on Ryder Cup teams but the support of guys who havent played is important for teams.You cant separate the Ryder Cup from the European Tour. It has to be kept relevant to the players in Europe who are playing in Europe.The current selection process sees four Ryder Cup qualifiers from a European points list, five more from a world points list, and three captains picks. But Harrington is in favour of small changes.I would change the [final qualifying cut-off] date and push it back two weeks -- its just a little early, a month before it, he added. ' ' '