Roberta Vinci Flavia Pennetta, Saturday afternoon in New York, the U.S. Open becomes the Italian Open for the women's final.
Following their corresponding shock victories in Saturday's semifinals, No. 26 berry Flavia Pennetta of Italy meets her accessory Roberta Vinci, the apple No. 43 who abashed Serena Williams en avenue to the final.
Here's how these two affable and court-savvy Italians assemblage up adjoin one another.
Head to head: Pennetta leads, 5-4
It's been a bound back-and-forth amid the two players who are beneath than a year afar in age. Pennetta has won two beeline adjoin the 32-year-old Vinci, including their a lot of contempo meeting, which came actuality in 2013 in the quarterfinals. Pennetta won that bout 6-4, 6-1, and not back their aboriginal three affairs has one of their matches gone to a chief set.
Slice-and-dice vs. constant power
Vinci will attending to apply the aforementioned bold adjoin Pennetta that she did adjoin Serena, by bond up the pace, slicing her one-handed backhand low and again battlefront on the forehand if she can. Pennetta, 33, is the added able of the two, and looks to actualize amplitude in the cloister with her stronger backhand. Neither woman is abashed to run, either, with Vinci adage afterwards her admiration over Serena that her gameplan was to get the brawl in the cloister and run and run and run.
A account of two personalities
Please say that you saw Vinci's on-court account Friday afterwards she exhausted Serena. (If not, watch it immediately.) "Sorry guys," she said, smiling. "For the Grand Slam. For America. For Serena. But today was my day. I'm so sorry." Both she and Pennetta, who were girls doubles winners at the French Open calm in 1999, alluvium with personality. Vinci accepted to booking a flight out of New York for Saturday night if she abstruse she'd face Serena in the semifinals, adage she believed she had no adventitious to win.
Pennetta, meanwhile, has played some of the best tennis in her career in New York, accepting fabricated two quarterfinals, a semifinal and now her aboriginal career Grand Slam final. She accepted to because backward at the alpha of anniversary of the endure few years, abiding alone by her adulation for the game. Her boyfriend, Fabio Fognini, is one of the a lot of abrupt players on the men's tour.
Unexpected runs
Neither Vinci nor Pennetta accept had a year that would apprehend a Grand Slam final run. Vinci was 21-20 in the lead-up to the Open, while Pennetta was 17-15. Both they're both arena with renewed acceptance a part of a bearing of Italian women who accept done things their own way. Francesca Schiavone was a shock champ at the 2010 French Open and Sara Errani, continued Vinci's doubles accomplice but no more, was agent up at Roland Garros in 2012.
A alternation of firsts
It's just the sixth time in Open Era history that two first-time finalists accept faced off in a above appellation match, a lot of afresh that getting at the French Open in 2010. At a accumulated age of 66 years and 19 days, Pennetta and Vinci accomplish up the oldest final in the Open Era, a almanac that has stood back 1977. It's aswell (no surprise) the aboriginal time two Italian women accept faced off in a above final.
Path to the final
They're absolutely similar, in fact, admitting Vinci accept a much-talked-about breeze in the fourth annular afterwards Canadian Genie Bouchard slipped and fell in the training room, affected to cull out of the Open with a concussion. Vinci has spent nine hours and 25 account on court, just about an hour best than Pennetta. Vinci has gone the ambit in four of 5 matches while Pennetta has played three sets three times out of six.
Winner
It's harder to aces adjoin Pennetta, the added able of the two players and abundant added of a force currently in women's tennis. But, as Vinci acutely showed in the semifinals on Friday, annihilation can appear if she's on court. Anything.
Following their corresponding shock victories in Saturday's semifinals, No. 26 berry Flavia Pennetta of Italy meets her accessory Roberta Vinci, the apple No. 43 who abashed Serena Williams en avenue to the final.
Here's how these two affable and court-savvy Italians assemblage up adjoin one another.
Head to head: Pennetta leads, 5-4
It's been a bound back-and-forth amid the two players who are beneath than a year afar in age. Pennetta has won two beeline adjoin the 32-year-old Vinci, including their a lot of contempo meeting, which came actuality in 2013 in the quarterfinals. Pennetta won that bout 6-4, 6-1, and not back their aboriginal three affairs has one of their matches gone to a chief set.
Slice-and-dice vs. constant power
Vinci will attending to apply the aforementioned bold adjoin Pennetta that she did adjoin Serena, by bond up the pace, slicing her one-handed backhand low and again battlefront on the forehand if she can. Pennetta, 33, is the added able of the two, and looks to actualize amplitude in the cloister with her stronger backhand. Neither woman is abashed to run, either, with Vinci adage afterwards her admiration over Serena that her gameplan was to get the brawl in the cloister and run and run and run.
A account of two personalities
Please say that you saw Vinci's on-court account Friday afterwards she exhausted Serena. (If not, watch it immediately.) "Sorry guys," she said, smiling. "For the Grand Slam. For America. For Serena. But today was my day. I'm so sorry." Both she and Pennetta, who were girls doubles winners at the French Open calm in 1999, alluvium with personality. Vinci accepted to booking a flight out of New York for Saturday night if she abstruse she'd face Serena in the semifinals, adage she believed she had no adventitious to win.
Pennetta, meanwhile, has played some of the best tennis in her career in New York, accepting fabricated two quarterfinals, a semifinal and now her aboriginal career Grand Slam final. She accepted to because backward at the alpha of anniversary of the endure few years, abiding alone by her adulation for the game. Her boyfriend, Fabio Fognini, is one of the a lot of abrupt players on the men's tour.
Unexpected runs
Neither Vinci nor Pennetta accept had a year that would apprehend a Grand Slam final run. Vinci was 21-20 in the lead-up to the Open, while Pennetta was 17-15. Both they're both arena with renewed acceptance a part of a bearing of Italian women who accept done things their own way. Francesca Schiavone was a shock champ at the 2010 French Open and Sara Errani, continued Vinci's doubles accomplice but no more, was agent up at Roland Garros in 2012.
A alternation of firsts
It's just the sixth time in Open Era history that two first-time finalists accept faced off in a above appellation match, a lot of afresh that getting at the French Open in 2010. At a accumulated age of 66 years and 19 days, Pennetta and Vinci accomplish up the oldest final in the Open Era, a almanac that has stood back 1977. It's aswell (no surprise) the aboriginal time two Italian women accept faced off in a above final.
Path to the final
They're absolutely similar, in fact, admitting Vinci accept a much-talked-about breeze in the fourth annular afterwards Canadian Genie Bouchard slipped and fell in the training room, affected to cull out of the Open with a concussion. Vinci has spent nine hours and 25 account on court, just about an hour best than Pennetta. Vinci has gone the ambit in four of 5 matches while Pennetta has played three sets three times out of six.
Winner
It's harder to aces adjoin Pennetta, the added able of the two players and abundant added of a force currently in women's tennis. But, as Vinci acutely showed in the semifinals on Friday, annihilation can appear if she's on court. Anything.
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