Pennetta: Instead, Pennetta needed to get past the woman who ended Williams’ Grand Slam bid, Roberta Vinci, according to The Toronto Star. And Pennetta was able to do just that, pulling away in a matchup of Italians who were opponents and doubles partners as kids. Pennetta did not have to beat Serena Williams in the final. In one of the unlikeliest major finals in women tennis history, the 26th-seeded Pennetta beat Vinci 7-6 , 6-2 at Flushing Meadows on Saturday — then revealed she was ready to hang up her racket, a decision she kept private until that moment. I couldn’t think to finish in a better way. This is how I say goodbye to tennis, Pennetta said as her fiance, tennis player Fabio Fognini, captured the scene with his phone camera.
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