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Pennetta says US Open win makes retirement perfect

US Open champion Flavia Pennetta believes lifting a first grand slam title next to her childhood friend was the perfect way to end her career.
Tennis • 13 Sep 15

Flavia Pennetta quits after US Open women's title

Flavia Pennetta beat fellow Italian Roberta Vinci to be crowned US Open champion and become the oldest female in the Open era to win a first grand slam title.
Tennis • 13 Sep 15

Vinci postpones flight home for US Open final

Serena Williams' conqueror Roberta Vinci has to postpone a flight home in order to play in her first grand slam final at the US Open.
Tennis • 12 Sep 15

Pennetta upsets Kvitova to return to US Open semis

Italian veteran Flavia Pennetta reached the U.S. Open semi-finals for the second time in three years today, outsmarting fifth seed Petra Kvitova 4-6 6-4 6-2 to add to the Czech's Flushing Meadows frustration.
Tennis • 09 Sep 15

Pennetta stuns Vinci to reach US Open semis

Flavia Pennetta was the last Italian standing at a US Open that has celebrated experience after upsetting 10th-seeded compatriot Roberta Vinci in straight sets to reach her first grand slam semi-final.
Tennis • 04 Sep 13

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