#SheTheNorth! Bianca Andreescu wins U.S. Open championship
Posted Sep 7, 2019 4:47 pm.
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NATIONAL — Bianca Andreescu has won the U.S. Open women’s championship, defeating Serena Williams in straight sets 6-3, 7-5, becoming the first Canadian – male or female – to win a Grand Slam tournament.
It was second time in less than a month that Andreescu and Williams faced each other after squaring off for the Rogers Cup in Toronto.
Andreescu won that final after Williams was forced to retire due to a back injury in a match which lasted just over 19 minutes.
This is Andreescu’s third championship of the year after winning Indian Wells and her hometown Rogers Cup.
The victory propels her to No. 5 in the world rankings, that ties her with Eugenie Bouchard as the highest ranking achieved by a Canadian woman in singles on the WTA.
The eighth-seeded Williams has now reached four major finals since having a baby and lost them all. Two were at Wimbledon and the other last year at the U.S. Open against Naomi Osaka, which quickly devolved after Williams argued with chair umpire Carlos Ramos about a warning over receiving coaching signals.
