US Open Tennis 2015 Women’s Final: Winner, Score and Twitter Reaction

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Published: September 12, 2015

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Flavia Pennetta's improbable run through the 2015 U.S. Open reached its apex Saturday, when she became the oldest Grand Slam champion in the women's Open era, defeating fellow Italian Roberta Vinci.

An evenly matched bout in the first set barely got edged in Pennetta's favor through a dramatic tiebreak, and she took a stranglehold of the match in the second. The No. 26 seed didn't look back and did not allow Vinci to mount the sort of comeback she mustered one day prior against Serena Williams.

Take a look at how the score shook out:



While few expected to see them in a major championship final together, Pennetta and Vinci are well accustomed to facing each other and have put on plenty of dramatic showings before.

That much was obvious in the early goings, as the two players traded blows like prize-fighters in the ring. Both players notched over 64 percent of their more than 30 first serves in the opening set, and each of them won more than 34 percent of their returning points.

But a handful of unforced errors in the tiebreak allowed Pennetta to navigate her way in front with the early set, 7-6 (7-4). 

Taking the early lead meant that Pennetta was in the driver's seat for her first title, and her record in such situations at the U.S. Open pointed toward that, as ESPN Stats & Info observed:



It didn't take long in the ensuing set for Pennetta to take further hold of the match and her inevitable title. After starting the set by holding her serve, she broke Vinci's serve to go up 2-0 and eventually led 5-2 with the chance to close it out.

One Italian tennis player couldn't handle the excitement at that point, as the New York Times' Ben Rothenberg noticed Fabio Fognini darting out of the stadium:



Even with Vinci serving to stay alive, Pennetta wouldn't be denied and won four straight points to clinch her title. Th...
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