No Grand Slam for Williams – Dalarna Tidningar

– The best moment in my life, said a segerrusig Vinci in the victory interview.

Williams had not lost a match in any of the four major tournaments since Wimbledon last year. Since then she has lined up major finals victories – the US Open in 2014 and this year’s Australian Open, French Championships and Wimbledon. And thus for the second time in his career victory in four straight grand slam tournaments.

But in this year’s US Open, she had the chance to the domestic audience to become the first since Steffi Graff (1988) to win all the Grand Slams in the same year.

Vinci turned

And it looked initially like to be able to succeed, the 33-year-old American woman won the first set easily with 6-2 . But Vinci turned around and won. With almost no mistakes and a confident backhand slice that forced the mistake after mistake from Williams side equalized Vinci to 1-1 after 6-4 in the second set.

In the third set broke Vinci until 4-3, held serve until 5-3 when she saved two break points and serviced home match flatly to 6-4.

– When I woke up this morning I just thought that I would enjoy, have fun. I did not think I would win. I just thought that I would get over the balls, running, and not to think that it was Serena on the other hand, said Vinci.

She apologized for having halted the home talent, which in with semi-final loss also lost the chance to take his 22th Grand Slam title, as many as Steffi Graf.

Italian finale

Vinci, who won five Grand Slam titles in doubles, had the single player earlier that best reached the quarterfinals twice grand slam. Both times, the US Open, in 2012 and 2013. In Saturday’s final are waiting compatriot Flavia Pennetta, who in the first semifinal slammed against the Romanian world number two Simona Halep. In a mere 59 minutes won Pennetta 6-1, 6-3.

In the men’s final meet Swiss Roger Federer and Serbian Novak Djokovic. Second-seeded Federer, who won the US Open five times, hit in the semifinal round out his fellow countryman Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-3, 6-1. World number one Djokovic easily won his semi-final against Croatian Marin Cilic in straight sets: 6-0, 6-1, 6-2. Djokovic, who won the tournament in 2011, are now playing the final for the sixth time.

Closing residual Swedish, 17-year-old Michael Ymer, playing quarter-finals in the junior singles against South Korean Chung Yunseong.