Serena Williams, so strong of limb and spirit, could not disguise her inner frailty when she stumbled at the tape in the US Open final, and tennis embraced another new teenage champion, Bianca Andreescu, who took an hour and 40 minutes to win 6-3, 7-5 on her grand slam final debut.
It was a match of uneven quality but festooned in unalloyed drama and much history. It also crowned the best first appearance in the tournament decider since Venus Williams lost to Martina Hingis in the 1997 final.
Serena has reached four of six slam finals (most recently losing to Andreescu’s friend, Simona Halep, at Wimbledon) since giving birth two years ago, but has yet to win one and remains stuck one short of the all-time record 24 majors owned by Margaret Court.
“I remember always telling my team I wanted to play her right before she retires,” the 19-year-old Andreescu said of Williams, who won her first slam nine months before the Canadian was born. “She’s an amazing champion on and off the court. I remember watching her when I was about 10.”
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