Serena Williams blasts past Victoria Azarenka for Madrid title

Serena Williams made short work of world number one Victoria Azarenka in the final of the Madrid Open this afternoon.

It took the American, ranked number six in the world, a little over an hour to dispatch her Belarusian opponent.

Williams's blistering groundstrokes were too much to handle for Azarenka, who could do little to stop her counterpart, who romped to a 6-1 6-3 victory.

The 30-year-old has now won seven out of her eight meetings with Australian Open champion Azarenka.