Primebaze.com.ng Flavia Pennetta retired after
winning the US Open
Flavia Pennetta won the US
Open with a straight sets
victory over fellow Italian
Roberta Vinci on Saturday
night at Flushing Meadows
before immediately retiring.
The world No 26, who
previously had only ever been
beyond the fourth round of a
Grand Slam once, edged a tight
opening set then built up a
four-game lead in the second
that the world No 43 couldn't
catch to seal a 7-6 6-2 victory.
Pennetta used her post-match
speech to announce she
would call it a day after the
biggest moment of her career.