CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Is Venus Williams bored with tennis?

Throughout the week during press conferences at the Acura Classic at La Costa Resort and Spa, Williams spoke of her favorite popcorn, jewelry, television shows, internet shopping, her dog and speeding tickets. Tennis was talked about as well.

On the court at least, top-seeded Venus Williams seemed anything but bored. On Sunday in the final of the Acura Classic, Williams relied on her power game and outstanding court coverage to win her third-consecutive Acura Classic by defeating sixth-seeded Jelena Dokic of Yugoslavia 6-2, 6-2.

Williams, a resident of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, has now won 27 WTA tournaments in her career. She is the only player to win three La Costa tournaments in a row in its 19-year history.

Williams, ranked second in the world, had no trouble in defeating Dokic in a tidy 55 minutes.

Dokic, ranked fifth in the world, had a 2-1 lead in the first set before Williams rattled off five games in a row to win the set.

Dokic held her serve to win the first game of the second set, but Williams came back to win four consecutive games to take a 4-1 lead and cruise to the win.

"It is really nice to keep coming back to a tour that is so familiar and where winning is so familiar,'' Williams said. "I just had a great day.''

Williams won $115,000 in prize money and an Acura 3.2 CLS. Dokic won $60,000 in prize money. Williams is now 3-1 in her career against Dokic.

In the doubles final, fourth seeded Elena Dementieva of Russia and Janette Husarova of Slovokia defeated third-seeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-2, 6-4.

Dokic, who consulted a physician before the match, played with what she said was a stomach virus, which she said weakened her before and during the match.

"Just generally, physically, I wasnt feeling well. I was very tired from the last two days,'' Dokic said. "I think that I was run down and tired and it came down all at once. It was a lot tennis and not much recovery time.''

The statistics tell the story: Williams had 23 winners and 24 unforced errors, while Dokic had only five winners and 26 unforced errors. Willimas won 72 percent of her first serves and 60 percent of her second serves. Meanwhile, Dokic won 52 percent of her first serves and only 35 percent of her second serves.

Williams converted on 90 percent (9-10) of her net approaches while Dokic converted on only 42 percent (5-12).

"I hit two or three unbelievable drop shots and in two steps Venus was there to hit winners,'' Dokic said. "I am happy that I got to the final. Im a little disappointed today, but compared to last year I am playing a lot better on the hard court.''

On Saturday in the semifinals, Williams defeated third-seeded Lindsay Davenport 6-2, 6-1 at night while Dokic defeated Anna Kournikova of Russia 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2), 6-0 during the day.

Williams now has six tournaments in 2002 and has won two tournaments in a row after winning the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford last week.

Regarding the subject of boredom with tennis, Williams emphatically said that the game is still a challenge to her.

"I am not getting bored with tennis, because mentally I am mainly the whole time (on the court) fighting with myself to keep the ball in play and not make errors,'' she said.

"I am not tired of tennis,'' Williams stressed. "I feel that I have quite a few years left to do quite well in this sport.''