By Etienne Stekelenburg
April 8 2004

Number One seed Serena Williams defeats fifth seed Elena Dementieva at the Nasdaq 100open.com in Miami Florida. In only 51 minutes Williams won her third consecutive Miami final in two sets 6-1 6-1. Serena Williams destroyed Elena Dementieva 6-1 6-1 to win the Nasdaq-100 Open for a third straight year. The crushing victory was all the more impressive as it was Williams' first tournament appearance in eight months because of injury.

Dementieva broke in the first game of the match before Williams reeled off 11 straight games to take a stranglehold.

Dementieva broke as Williams served for the match at 5-0 in the second set, but Williams broke back to clinch the win.

The American admitted that she was surprised by her victory and said: "I think the rust has definitely worn off.

"Honestly, I didn't expect to win my first tournament back."