Italian tennis player fabio fognini kisses flavia pennetta of italy after she won her womens singles final against roberta vinci of italy on day thirteen of the 2015 us open at the usta billie jean king national tennis center on september 12, 2015 in the flushing neighborhood of the queens borough of new york city. Rain drops were falling freely and rather heavily about an hour after the us open womens singles final on saturday. Italys pennetta beats vinci to win us open and promptly retires. Us open winner flavia pennetta retires during presentation. Us open trophies stolen from home of italian tennis player roberta vinci. Flavia pennetta defeats fellow italian roberta vinci to win u. Flavia pennetta pic reacts after defeating simona halep in their womens singles semifinal match at the us open championships tennis tournament in new york, september 11, 2015.
Flavia pennetta earned her first grand slam title with a 764, 62 victory over roberta vinci in the u. Lifelong friends roberta vinci and flavia pennetta setup an allitalian us open quarterfinal on monday with a firsttime spot in a grand slam semifinal at stake for both women. Italian francesca schiavone won the 2010 french open. In all my years of watching tennis, ive never witnessed anything quite like that. Flavia pennetta ended the dream run of roberta vinci in the 2015 u. Open semifinals, was not able to sustain her terrific play to beat. In saturdays surprise final for the us open womens championship, two veteran italians went head to head. Flavia pennetta of italy kisses the us open trophy after defeating fellow italian roberta vinci in their us open 2015 womens single final match. And pennetta was able to do just that, pulling away in a matchup between a pair of italians who were opponents and doubles partners as kids. Tennis princess flavia pennetta feels like she lived out a reallife sporting fairytale at the us open.
Flavia pennetta of italy l hugs roberta vinci of italy r after panenetta won, 64, 61, during their 20 us open womens singles match at the usta billie jean king national tennis center. After flavia pennettas 76, 62 victory over roberta vinci in the final of the us open, the two italians sat next to each other at the side of the court. Vinci lost to fellow italian flavia pennetta in the final. Instead, pennetta needed to get past the woman who ended williams grand slam bid, roberta vinci. Roberta vinci created one of the upsets in tennis history to defeat serena williams and set up an allitalian us open final against flavia pennetta. Neither pennetta nor vinci has appeared in a grand slam final before, so this is uncharted territory for both women.
The 2015 us open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. Flavia pennetta outplayed roberta vinci in a historic us open 2015 final, winning 764, 62 for her first grand slam title. Open womens final on saturday with a marvelous 76, 62 win. It took place at the usta billie jean king national tennis center marin cilic was the defending champion in the mens singles event, but lost to eventual champion novak djokovic in the semifinals. Open title, announces retirement roberta vinci, who knocked off serena williams in the u. Open finalist roberta vinci will retire from tennis after. Flavia pennetta won her first grand slam singles title saturday, defeating italian compatriot roberta vinci 76 74, 62 in the us open womens final, then promptly retired. Open trophy next to compatriot roberta vinci during the award presentation ceremony following their womens singles final match at the u. Flavia pennetta claimed her first grand slam singles title with a 76 62 win over fellow italian roberta vinci in the us open final, then immediately retired from tennis. Flavia pennetta is a grand slam semifinalist for the first time at age 31, and in her 41st major tournament. Us open 2015 champion flavia pennetta and tennis player fabio fognini posing with us open trophy on the top of the rock. The 33yearold italian, playing in her first grand slam final, hoisted the u. Those victories resulted in the first berths in a major singles final for both pennetta and vinci and set up the first u.
It marked just the sixth time in the open era that two firsttime major finalists faced off against one another. Open for her first grand slam title at age 33, flavia pennetta did not have. Flavia pennetta beat fellow italian roberta vinci to win her first grand slam title at the us open, and then announced her retirement. The italian flag was waving proudly over the us open yesterday after flavia pennetta toppled fifth seed petra kvitova to join compatriot roberta vinci in the flushing meadows semifinals. To win the us open for her first grand slam title at age 33, flavia pennetta did not have to beat serena williams. Italian tennis player fabio fognini kisses flavia pennetta.
Flavia pennetta, of italy, celebrates after beating roberta vinci, of italy, during the womens championship match of the u. Live text and bbc radio commentary as flavia pennetta beats roberta vinci in an allitalian us open womens final. Flavia pennetta defeats roberta vinci in us open final. It was the 5th edition of the us open, the fourth and final grand slam event of the year. Open womens final without a top20 player since the wta began using. Flavia pennetta wins maiden us open title tennis news. She beat fellow italian roberta vinci 76 4, 62 to win the us open and then announced she was retiring from tennis at the end of the year. Download video copy video url copy embed code report issue powered by streamable. Pennetta came into the final after her own semifinal upset.
Flavia pennetta vs roberta vinci highlights us open 2015 final. Flavia pennetta vs roberta vinci full match us open 2015 final. Flavia pennetta tops roberta vinci to win us open, retires. Flavia pennetta won her first grand slam singles title over roberta vinci in an improbable allitalian us open final on saturday, then added one more shock to a stunning fortnight by announcing.
Us open trophies stolen from home of italian tennis player. Us open 2015 champion flavia pennetta and tennis player. Flavia pennetta wins us open with straightsets victory over roberta vinci. Pennetta and vinci improbably reached the final after upsetting no. Serena williams vs roberta vinci us open 2015 tennis highlights hd720p 50fps by ace duration. Flavia pennetta won a first grand slam by beating roberta vinci at the u. Flavia pennetta wins us open title, retires from tennis. Flavia pennetta wins us open with straightsets victory. Roberta vinci by associated press new york to win the u. Roberta vinci, of italy, during the womens championship match of the u. The 37thranked vinci has won 10 singles titles and 25. Roberta vinci ended serena williamss dream of a calendar grand slam with a shock 26, 64, 64 victory to set up an allitalian us open final. Open trophy after defeating compatriot roberta vinci in their womens singles final match at the u. Pennetta, the 26th seed, won 76 74 62 to become only the.
However, pennetta owns the one victory over vinci at the u. Roberta vinci and flavia pennetta setup an allitalian us open quarterfinal with a firsttime spot in a grand slam semi at stake for both women. Italys flavia pennetta won her first grand slam singles title saturday, defeating compatriot roberta vinci 76 74, 62 in the us open womens singles final. Flavia pennetta became the second italian woman to win a grand slam title, edging compatriot roberta vinci 76 74, 62 in the us open final. Italys flavia pennetta wins us open 2015, 1st grand slam. Open trophy on saturday after beating countrywoman roberta vinci.
After upstaging fellow italian roberta vinci in saturdays final to become the oldest first. The day before they went out and won their us open semifinals pennetta forwarded vinci a photo of the two italians when they teamed up to win the 1999 french open junior doubles title. Roberta vinci will face fellow italian flavia pennetta, a childhood rival from the same southern region in italy, in the final. Open final, between the 26th seeded pennetta and the unseeded vinci ranked no. Reuters it was late in the third set when roberta vinci cupped her ear with a hand, pointed to her chest and waved both arms at the proserena williams u. Roberta vinci and flavia pennetta through to us open. Pennetta wins allitalian quarterfinal at us open new york. Flavia pennetta upsets simona halep, reaches final at u. Vinci and pennetta will be playing in their first grand slam finals at the. Flavia pennetta into us open semifinals after beating.
Photo about fognini, final, player, flushing 59478094. Flavia pennetta beats fellow italian roberta vinci to title and then announces her retirement from tennis. Pennetta lives the dream with us open win sbs news. Flavia pennetta claimed a first grand slam singles title with a 764 62 win over roberta vinci in an improbable allitalian us open final on. Pennetta faced fellowcountrywoman roberta vinci in the firstever allitalian grand slam final in the open era. Flavia pennetta wins her first grand slam singles championship at 33. Italys flavia pennetta pulls off shock us open victory. Flavia pennetta wins us open and then immediately retires. She then defeated 2nd seed simona halep in straight sets to advance to her first grand slam final. Defying the odds and rankings, 30somethings pennetta and. Following saturdays us open final, it was hard to tell who was happier about the result.
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