Serena Williams of the US poses on the beach with the championship trophy after she defeated Russia's Maria Sharapova in their women's singles final match at the Sony Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Florida, March 30, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.