CINCINNATI, Ohio -- No meltdown for Maria Sharapova in this Cincinnati final. She put five sterling points together, and that was enough. Sharapova overcame a first-set letdown on Sunday, rallying to beat Jelena Jankovic 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 for the championship of the Western & Southern Open. The fourth-seeded Russian survived a match full of service breaks -- 16 in all, seven in the final set alone -- for her second title of the season. Sharapovas best moments came in the tiebreaker, when she won the last five points to even the match. "Thats pretty much it, putting five points together that were well-played," she said. Such stretches were rare in a ragged match that lasted two hours 49 minutes and had a pair of brief rain delays. The 14th-ranked Jankovic extended her streak of 17 months without a singles title. She won in Cincinnati in 2009, but hasnt gotten a championship since Indian Wells on March 21 last year. "This match could have gone either way," she said. "I had my chances. It showed the match is not over until you shake the hand." Jankovic shook hands and then sat in her chair after the match, biting a white towel while staring straight ahead, thinking about what had just happened. The match ended when her baseline forehand sailed wide. Despite the loss, Jankovic was upbeat. She came to Cincinnati feeling rusty and lacking confidence after playing few matches lately and having little success. "Im pretty unpredictable," she said. "If somebody told me I was going to play a final here, I would right away sign the paper." It was a sweet about-face for Sharapova, who reached the finals in Cincinnati last year against Kim Clijsters, got three match points in the second set, then melted down. "Its been a great year for me so far," Sharapova said. "It can always be better or worse. Im definitely proud Ive gone further than last year, after the disappointing loss here last year." This time, she came out on top in a tournament that had the womens bracket torn apart by injuries, illness and upsets. Clijsters withdrew because of an abdominal strain -- shes also out the U.S. Open, where shes won the last two titles. Venus Williams was sidelined by a virus. Sister Serena Williams dropped out at midweek with a sore toe. Third-seeded Victoria Azarenka had to quit because of a hand injury. With Clijsters out, Caroline Wozniacki became the top-seeded player in the draw -- and lost her first match. The tournament ended with a pairing of players who had only one singles title between them this season, Sharapovas championship at Rome. Jankovic, who was ranked No. 1 as recently as 2008, has struggled with back, wrist and ankle injuries during her long run with only one singles title. The Serb reached only one other final this season, losing at Monterrey, and had a chance to end the 17-month drought after getting off to a good start on Sunday. Rain briefly delayed the start of the match, and again for a few minutes in the fourth game, when the players stayed in their chairs waiting for it to stop. Sharapova was more aggressive at the start, breaking Jankovics serve twice while pulling ahead 4-1. She won 19 of the first 27 points and appeared to be in control. Thats when Jankovic changed the momentum, breaking Sharapova three times in a row. She won the set when Sharapova double faulted. It was reminiscent of last year, when Sharapova wasted the three match points against Clijsters and ended up losing 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2. This time, she managed to pull out of the nosedive by saving the second set. She won the last five points of the tiebreaker, hitting her shots as hard as she could with everything on the line. Neither player could hold serve in the third set, which started with six straight breaks. Sharapova threw back her head and pumped her left arm after holding serve -- finally! -- to go up 4-3. 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The Rockies held a 6-0 lead going into the ninth and turned the ball over to Matt Belisle to complete the shutout, but with one out Matt Kemp drilled a pitch over the wall in left. James Loney then hit a single and, after Juan Uribe flied out, Dioner Navarro reached base on a Chris Nelson error. Tony Gwynn Jr. then doubled home a run and Huston Street took the hill. He also struggled, though, as he gave up a two-run single to Aaron Miles and the tying run was at the plate.dddddddddddd After Miles took second on defensive indifference, Rod Barajas singled to center to make it a 6-5 contest. Street, though, then got Trent Oeltjen to strike out and picked up his 19th save of the season. Colorado got on the board in the second inning when Troy Tulowitzki led off the inning with his 12th home run of the season. The fourth saw Los Angeles have runners on second and third with two outs, but Chacin got Uribe to strike out to end the inning. 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