Flavia Penneta wins US Open Women’s single
26th Seed Italian, Flavia Penetta (33) from Brindisi, wins first grand slam as she beat Roberta Vinci in the final 7-6 (7-4)6-2 and will retire with a winner’s cheque of £2.15m $3.3m. She was the architect of engineering one of the biggest shocks in tennis history by ousting Serena Williams.
Martina Hingis, of Switzerland, left, and Sania Mirza, of India, celebrate with the championship trophy after defeating Casey Dellacqua, of Australia, and Yaroslava Shvedova, of Kazakhstan, in the women’s doubles championship U.S. Open finals.