| Breaking History |
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http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2015/09/roberta_vinci_beating_serena_williams_at_the_u_s_open_was_an_all_time_great.html FLUSHING MEADOWS, New York—Before Serena Williams played a single match at this year’s U.S. Open, every other top-10 player on her side of the draw had either lost or quit due to injury. When Williams did take the court on the tournament’s opening night, she played a woman who won five total points before abandoning the match. Her opponent, Vitalia Diatchenko, later tweeted that she’d been hobbling around with a torn Achilles. This was Williams’ path to victory in New York and the calendar-year Grand Slam: the tired, the poor, some huddled masses, Madison Keys, her own sister, and the occasional wretched refuse of your teeming shore. (That last part could’ve just been the persistent garbage smell in Ashe Stadium. New York—whatta town!)
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| Breaking History |
[12 Sep 2015|12:43am] |
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http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2015/09/roberta_vinci_beating_serena_williams_at_the_u_s_open_was_an_all_time_great.html FLUSHING MEADOWS, New York—Before Serena Williams played a single match at this year’s U.S. Open, every other top-10 player on her side of the draw had either lost or quit due to injury. When Williams did take the court on the tournament’s opening night, she played a woman who won five total points before abandoning the match. Her opponent, Vitalia Diatchenko, later tweeted that she’d been hobbling around with a torn Achilles. This was Williams’ path to victory in New York and the calendar-year Grand Slam: the tired, the poor, some huddled masses, Madison Keys, her own sister, and the occasional wretched refuse of your teeming shore. (That last part could’ve just been the persistent garbage smell in Ashe Stadium. New York—whatta town!
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