Pennetta's path to US Open women's singles title
Flavia Pennetta beats Roberta Vinci 7-6 (7-4), 6-2.
We’ve seen the demise of Serena’s tilt at the grand slam, the emergence of Johanna Konta, a renascent Victoria Azarenka, a tremendous run to the last eight from Venus Williams, and a wonderful sequence of quarter- and semi-finals, all of which went the distance.
The final didn’t quite do justice to what went before, but with hindsight perhaps some degree of letdown was inevitable after the thrills and spills of Friday. Roberta Vinci earned a place in tennis history with her win over Serena, and Flavia Pennetta was a worthy champion.
If that was indeed Pennetta’s last match - and already there are suggestions rippling through from Flushing Meadows that she will play out the remainder of the year - the oldest first-time winner of a major in the open era picked quite a way to bow out. Thanks for reading and goodbye.
The following is the path to the US Open women's singles title for Italy's Flavia Pennetta
1st round: beat Jarmila Gajdosova (Australia) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
2nd rd: bt Monica Niculescu (Romania) 6-1, 6-4
3rd rd: bt Petra Cetkovska (Czech Republic) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
4th rd: bt Samantha Stosur (Australia) 6-4, 6-4
Quarter-final: bt Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Semi-final: bt Simona Halep (Romania) 6-1, 6-3
Final: bt Roberta Vinci (Italy) 7-6 (7/4), 6-2
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