[Live updates from the U.S. Open women’s final match, where Serena Williams is facing Bianca Andreescu] Serena Williams was 17 when she won her first Grand Slam singles title in 1999 at the United States Open. On Saturday, in the same stadium, she will try to prevent another fast-rising teenager — 19-year-old Bianca Andreescu —…
It felt like destiny, like Serena Williams was playing with the caress of fate. Most everyone in the stands at Arthur Ashe Stadium expected her to win the United States Open on an electric Saturday afternoon. Most everyone thought that she would beat Bianca Andreescu, the talented but still inexperienced 19-year-old Canadian, little known outside…
The handwriting was not only on the wall for Serena Williams in this instance. It was on the check. Bianca Andreescu, even at age 15 in 2015, knew what she wanted and, above all, what was possible. So back then she wrote herself a personal check for the amount won by the champion of the…