Italy's 83rd-ranked Flavia Pennetta advanced to the final four at a Grand Slam for the first time by beating 10th-seeded compatriot Roberta Vinci 6-4, 6-1 in a US Open quarter-final yesterday.
Pennetta, the fourth-worst ranked of any US Open women’s semi-finalist ever, will next face the winner of a later match between Belarus second seed Victoria Azarenka and Slovakia’s 48th-ranked Daniela Hantuchova.
Italy’s Flavia Pennetta celebrates matchpoint against compatriot Roberta Vinci in the US Open quarter-finals yesterday. Pic/AFP
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Pennetta, who has not lost a set in the tournament and has dropped only 25 games in five matches, owns a 3-2 career edge against Hantuchova and has split two matches with two-time reigning Australian Open champion Azarenka.
Top-ranked defending champion Serena Williams and Chinese fifth seed Li Na will meet in Friday’s other semi-final at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Williams, Li or Pennetta — all 31 — will become the oldest US Open women’s champion by winning Sunday’s final.u00a0“It’s amazing,” Pennetta said of her
win. “I’m really happy. I can’t believe it.”
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