When was Flavia Pennetta in the greatest of all tennis stages fulfilled their American dream, the time for their own personal happy ending had come. 6 6:: – “. This is the perfect way, ‘Goodbye’ to say the tennis I have met this hard decision a month ago and I am happy with it,” the Italian said after the 7 2 in the finals of the US Open against her compatriot and Williams-Vanquisher Roberta Vinci.
High up in the stands of the biggest tennis stadium in the world, the Arthur Ashe Stadium, had flown in Italy Prime Minister Matteo Renzi slightly shocked by the unexpected resignation announcement. Pennettas fiancé, professional colleague Fabio Fognini, who had a week earlier thrown Rafael Nadal out of the tournament, however, was beaming in the box and held the moving New York moments of happiness with your smartphone firmly.
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“Roberta is like a sister to me”
After the first pure Italian women’s finals in the Grand Slam History waited the two girlfriends Pennetta and Vinci jointly to the award ceremony. Side by side on two chairs -. Continuously chatting and again hearty laugh
“. Roberta is like a sister to me, we have four years in tennis boarding school in Rome shared a room,” said Pennetta who conceded a record prize money of 3.3 million dollars. The “Queen of Flushing Meadows” as Pennetta was named after her victory of the Italian newspaper “La Repubblica”, adding: “. Roberta and I could write a book about each other”
Even Boris Becker had wondered about that were still two short of the finals together in Players Restaurant. “Boris came and said: ‘? Do you know at all that you have to play the same against each other’,” said Pennetta and smirked, as head of government Renzi full of pathos said. “Today is a historic day for Italy, I am proud of our girls”
First, the double success
“The Girls”, of which Renzi had spoken here, never included in the women’s singles at the big stars. Too great was the dominance and brilliance of Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova in the past few years. More successful were Pennetta and Vinci for the double. Vinci won alongside Sara Erranni five Grand Slam titles, Pennetta of 2011 together with the Argentinean Gisela Dulko, after all.
After this title the new world ranking eighth in the individual celebrated first succès d’estime. In the same year she moved at the US Open for the first time in a major quarterfinal. 2013 failed in their favorite tournament until the semi-finals. In the current calendar year, the balance sheet, however modest fell out: a second round at the French Open, two first-round defeats in Melbourne and Wimbledon. Not a single tournament victory.
But in New York Pennetta grew beyond itself. Knowing that it was probably their last chance at a major title. On the way to the final she beat among others the former Grand Slam winners Samantha Stosur, Petra Kvitova and Simona Halep.
No second Schiavone
The laughter gave Pennetta after the memorable final against Vinci no longer from the face. Older than the 33-year-old was in the Open Era (since 1968) no other player in winning her first Grand Slam singles title. And none needed more starts (49) than the Italian woman to fulfill his dream of Major coup. “I had not thought that I would one day be a champion,” Pennetta said.
As Pennetta announced its End of career, she thought perhaps also of her compatriot Francesca Schiavone. With 29 years they won in 2010 as the first Italian woman ever a Grand Slam title. The following year, they moved again to the final of Roland Garros, but was thwarted by the Chinese Li Na. Since then it has become quiet around the 35-year-old. In the past two years they barely won a match, let alone a tournament. A similar fate wants through her mind, matured in the past few weeks, avoid Pennetta.
“. I realized that I no longer at any time this power and willpower have but one needs”, the four-time Fed Cup champion, who wanted to go back not straight home said: “Renzi has advised me not to stay here, because the whole of Italy is upside down. “
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