{"id":7077,"date":"2015-09-12T09:54:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T05:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/vinci-beats-serena-us-open-2015\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T17:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T13:36:39","slug":"vinci-beats-serena-us-open-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/en\/vinci-beats-serena-us-open-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"The Year&#8217;s Intrigue Is Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the start of this year&#8217;s American major we wrote that the tournament&#8217;s only intrigue was whether Serena Williams would complete the calendar-year Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Intrigue Is Over \u2013 Italy&#8217;s Roberta Vinci Did It, Beating Serena in the Semifinal!<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_4808\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/f_20150911_4PS_4284-USTA-Pete-Staples.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4808\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-4808\" src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/f_20150911_4PS_4284-USTA-Pete-Staples-1024x682.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/f_20150911_4PS_4284-USTA-Pete-Staples-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"September 11, 2015 - Roberta Vinci celebrates her win over Serena Williams in a women's singles semifinal match during the 2015 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY. 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