Williams also won Wimbledon and the Australian Open, and clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking earlier in the week.

She earned $1.55 million for the win after finishing the event undefeated, bringing her total prize money for the year to a record $6.19 million. Justine Henin set the previous record of $5.43 million in 2007.

Elsewhere: Jurgen Melzer of Austria defeated top-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia, 6-4, 6-3, to win the Bank of Austria Tennis Trophy in Vienna. . . . Third-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia won his first title in more than two years by beating Michael Llodra of France 7-5, 6-3 in the Lyon Grand Prix in France. . . . Ukrainian qualifier Andriy Stakhovsky won his second career title by beating eighth-seeded Horacio Zeballos of Argentina, 2-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (7), in the St. Petersburg Open in Russia.

SOCCER: Shalrie Joseph scored in the 75th minute to lift the New England Revolution to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Fire in the opening game of their MLS Eastern Conference semifinal series in Foxborough, Mass.

Chris Rolfe opened the scoring for Chicago in the 17th minute, and Emmanuel Osei tied it for New England seconds before halftime.

The teams conclude the two-legged series Saturday at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Ill.

Maykel Galindo scored in the 50th minute and Chivas USA rallied to tie the Los Angeles Galaxy, 2-2, in Carson, Calif., in the first game of their MLS Western Conference semifinal series.

Maicon Santos scored early for Chivas, and Mike Magee and Landon Donovan tallied to give Los Angeles a 2-1 lead at halftime.

The winner of the second game between the clubs on Sunday will advance to the conference final. If the teams tie again, they will play a 30-minute overtime - to be followed by penalty kicks, if necessary.

Manchester City goalkeeper Shay Given saved James McFadden's penalty shot in a scoreless draw at Birmingham, allowing his team to climb into fourth in the English Premier League.

Man City's fourth draw in a row left the team with 19 points and only one loss, the fewest defeats of any team. The club is still eight points behind leader Chelsea and six back from defending champion Manchester United. Chelsea won, 4-0, at Bolton on Saturday, when Man United beat Blackburn, 2-0.

Arsenal outplayed north London neighbor Tottenham, 3-0, but Liverpool had two players sent off and lost, 3-1, at Fulham.

COLLEGES: Temple's field hockey team got two first-half goals from Kristen Wanner to top Richmond, 4-2, and qualify for the Atlantic Ten tournament.

Richmond (11-8, 5-1) also qualified for the tourney.

Sophomore Bridget Settles scored the game-winner in the second half for the Owls (8-11, 4-2).

JURISPRUDENCE: Aggravated assault charges have been filed against two New Jersey men who allegedly attacked a referee after a close high school football game in Bergen County.

Bogota police say 54-year-old Paul Mueller and his 25-year-old son, Derek, approached the man and started yelling at him shortly after Bogota beat Emerson, 28-27, in overtime Saturday.

The elder Mueller - who has another son who plays for the Emerson team - then allegedly attacked the referee, and his older son soon joined in.

Bogota police responded to the school after getting multiple 911 calls about a riot there, but the fighting had ended by the time officers arrived.

- Staff and wire reports