US Open women's final.
All expected to be Serena winning the Grand Slam, but she's upset by an unseeded Italian in the semifinal, Roberta Vinci.
Her opponent in the final? Her best tennis friend in the world, fellow Italian from about 50 miles away Flavia Pennetta.
The two finalists won the French Open juniors women's doubles title a number of years back, but both careers (at least in singles) have been a bit nondescript. Last year, she teamed with Martina Hingis to make the women's doubles final at the US Open before losing.
Pennetta wins in straight sets and you have to see the interview from the US Open YouTube channel, in which Pennetta, then, immediately RETIRES from the sport (effective before the next US Open)!
What a fucking way to go out! According to statistics, she'd made about $10 million on the Tour, but that $3.3 million for winning the US Open (which her friend immediately tried to steal as a joke!!!) is a nice way to transition to the next phase of life.
And just watch the two ham it up. It's like they both won the championship!!!
Oh, dear God, now the toxicity goes apeshit in about 7 1/2 hours...
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