Becomes Canada’s first Grand Slam Singles champion
Teenager Bianca Andreescu became Canada’s first Grand Slam singles champion Saturday with a roller-coaster 6-3, 7-5 win over 23-time major champion Serena Williams in the US Open final.
Williams lost to the 19-year-old Canadian at Arthur Ashe Stadium on the same court where she won her first Grand Slam title 20 years ago, nine months before Andreescu was born.
Andreescu became the youngest Grand Slam winner since Maria Sharapova at the 2006 US Open, handing Williams a fourth consecutive defeat in the final of a major to again deny her a record-equaling 24th Slam title.
Williams, 37, suffered a second finals loss in a row at Flushing Meadows, after a 2018 defeat against Naomi Osaka best remembered for a furious tirade against chair umpire Carlos Ramos.
This post was published on September 8, 2019 3:33 pm