Pennetta, at 33 the oldest first-time Grand Slam finalist in the Open era, on Saturday became the first Italian to win the US Open women's crown with an efficient 7-6 (4), 6-2 victory over compatriot and childhood friend Roberta Vinci.
The 22-year-old Chinese rising star Wang Qiang failed to reach the US Open third round after losing 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to 29th-seeded Casey Dellacqua on Thursday.
Andy Murray will stay up late into the night to watch the result of the historic referendum on Scottish independence next month but refuses to get distracted by the issue during his assault on a second US Open title.
Folks waited for hours on Thursday to catch a glimpse of the latest tennis sensation, 15-year-old CiCi Bellis, the youngest player to win a match at the US Open since 1996.
Ana Ivanovic's comeback tour has ended with yet another early exit at the US Open.
Peng Shuai admits she feels the huge burden of Chinese expectations in the absence of superstar Li Na after stunning Polish fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska at the US Open on Wednesday.
Lleyton Hewitt's 14th US Open ended in his first straight sets defeat at the tournament for eight years, but the 2001 champion won't talk about retirement, no matter how many times he is asked.
Two-time champion Venus Williams is back in the third round of the US Open for the first time since 2010, a year before she announced she had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease.
The first-round exits of Steve Johnson and Ryan Harrison on Wednesday saw just three American men in the second round of the US Open, the fewest in the tournament's history.
Peng Shuai admits she feels the huge burden of Chinese expectation in the absence of superstar Li Na after stunning Polish fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska at the US Open on Wednesday.
Bellis youngest winner at Flushing Meadows since Kournikova in 1996
China's Wang Qiang enjoyed a career milestone by winning her first Grand Slam match at the US Open on Tuesday.
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