Serena Williams vs Roberta Vinci in a three-set epic! | US Open 2015 Semifinal
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- You will not want to miss this classic US Open match! Tennis legend Serena Williams takes on unseeded Roberta Vinci for a place in the US Open 2015 final. Williams is looking to win an historic calendar-year Grand Slam after winning the first three majors of the season. While Vinci is vying to book her place in her first ever Grand Slam final at the age of 32!
One of these players will write their own piece of history, but who will it be?
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One of the greatest surprise of the sport. She denied Serena Williams the Gran Slam ,and did in her home.Thanks for the video,it has been a lot of time I was looking for it.
Credit has to be given to Vinci. Imagine her nerves, nearing the end of her career and reaching the semis of the US Open against Serena! This match would have been a major achievement for her even if she hadn't won.
A gigantic choke from Williams but Vinci was tactically brilliant
Can you say which tactics she used to defeat serena?
@@Chelvam-so4qh Principally she used angles often to put Serena in spots where she almost had to hit the ball right back to where she was waiting for it at the net. Her net play was outstanding.
@@user-oc2hm8fx7iand she went home without a trophy ????
1:24:37 The moment you are looking for. How about me guys...!!! Goosebumps moment.The best point in the entire match
Brilliant point. Makes me puzzled how Vinci didn't achieve more in her career when she can pull of those kind of touches.
@@redplague it’s bc Vinci was on PEDs and treed out of her mind. She isn’t capable of that tennis without narcotics and dark magic
This was the moment I knew it was lost. Vinci was impressive, but as a life-long Serena fan, rewatching this is masochistic for me lol
Yup ...
Vinci : How bout me !!
Serena : and you went home without a trophy ..and i still won the 23rd Grandslam ...😂😂😂😂😂LOL
This one has to be one of the toughest defeating in Serena's career
Humble and truthful moment....I didn't expect to win when I woke up this morning....best post match interview. So humble in victory 🙌 If anyone deserved it, it's a kind hearted like her. She even got the public by her side
Whenever I feel like I can't overcome an obstancle in my life I come back to watch this match to remind me nothing is impossible. ♥
What you mean by that
@@mky6645 It seems pretty clear what they mean…you come back to watch this match when you need a reminder nothing is impossible!
@@mky6645 We are used to thinking about Williams is unbeatable.
However, that's not always true.
Vinci proved it.
Well..still imposibble to Won a Grandslam 😂😂😂
The final interview is pure joy, she looks like an amateur at her first press commitment and happy as a child. Delight!
What a backhanded compliment ..
Vinci channeled the spirit of Graf (slice backhand and inside-out forehand) to keep Serena from matching Graf's calendar-slam.
Wow the symbolism
The irony 😊
Roberta “The Grand Slam Killer” Vinci..
Amazing fight. Remember this one like yesterday..
Yes! "The Grand Slam Killer" and who will be the next? Like the commentator said, "it's most likely to happen only once in a generation" That's how HUGE is a calendar GRAND SLAM record in tennis...
Grandslam Killer 😂😂😂😂 And she went home without the trophy ...
Well While Serena still won Her 23rd Grandslam😊
i love that moment at 1:15:40. Vinci doenst give a f... about serenas way overexaggerated celebration Well done to keep her cool there
Serena is THE hysterical queen of drama
It was definitely overexaggerated, but, it was the most important moment of the match for her to turn things around. You’ll need to hype yourself up to win.
@@miguelteirlinck6942 Vinci didn't need it and still won. I'm all in for celebrating crucial points or beautiful shots, but every little point of a game? Come on, that's just completely out of place imo. Did not work out as well either
@@dnfm6228 you can clearly see this wasn’t Serena’s a-game. She was not playing well, so she needed it.
Just like the commentator said “it’s crazy how she can uplift herself when needed”.
If it’s the last thing to try, which worked in the past, for potentially winning 2mil, you would too.
@@miguelteirlinck6942 i think its just utterly disrespectfull to your opponent if you celebrate like that when they missed a ball. nothing about money or anything, its about charakter
Vinci did the impossible (in 2015) that day...incredible fight from an underdog....
Ok you did not have to put the (in 2015) you act like Serena is not still one of the best tennis players in the world
Not really, Serena just did not play well.
@@doksh5740 They both didn't play well, but the key to the match was the last game, when Vinci started to play incredible tennis, closing the points with stop volleys, and Serena couldn't do anything but watch.
@@milvao3400 not really. This was Vinci’s best match of the tournament. Serena just played bad and Vinci just stayed in the points
@@serveoutwide Not really. Vinci made a lot of uncharacteristic mistakes, they were both super nervous for different reasons, it was the chance of a lifetime for both of them. Vinci just outplayed Serena in the final game and in a couple of key points in the third set.
Serena underestimated her opponent.
I love this Vinci.... Italy should be really proud of their female tennis players.
We can be proud of her playing AND of her behaviour.
We are proud ❤
And she lost to an Italian in the finals! Two gals over 30, who were thought to be past their primes.....
Cara Roberta, alla fine siamo stati in tanti a piangere con te. Grazie per le emozioni che ci hai regalato in questa indimenticabile partita.
I still remember this match to this day. Excellent, thanks for the upload.
Whoever bet on Roberta Vinci winning this match is now a millionaire!
No one thought that Vinci won, but Serena against Roberta had always had difficult. Vinci had an offensive game that to Serena gave nuisance. Also the four previous had been won by Serena, but not in manner easy.
Anyone who has bet at least 200.000 euro 😅
I love that Vinci won the last game at Luv. Well deserved win, and my favourite match to watch when I need cheering up.
Serena Williams was never the same mentally after this match. It broke her spirit. I believe this defeat played in her a role in those finals she lost in Australia, and French and India wells against Azarenka. She had so many break points against Azarenka but converted just one or two. Credit to Roberta Vinci. This defeat was really hard to take.
No it didn’t break her mentally. She won 2 of the next 5 Slams she played in and had incredible performances at Wimbledon 2016 and Australian Open 2017.
As usual lying
@@lisetjones5839 Lying about what?
How is this only being uploaded now?
salty americans lol
They had to swallow the defeat. It took them 5 years.
I‘ve watched the interview several times, but chills every time she says “best moment of my life”
The biggest achievement in Vinci's career
🤣😂 Wow
@@tremaine861 for sure bigger than yours
@@samma887 poor me 😂😂🤣🤣🤣
And what a glorious achievement! She denied Serena her last chance at a calender slam. Just snatched that weave and burned it on the court.
@@brandonaldaymachuse6669 that's a bit sad if that's her most glorious achievement 🤣
I am so glad Williams lost. Her attitude was horrendous.
Me too
Así se juega de tu a tu dos grande atletas felicidades 💕🌹a ambas bendiciones😘❤🇩🇴
che partita memorabile!
Wonderful match by Vinci, and a very entertaining match over all.
Her smile ...the best moments of her life
It is at the end she saying "nooo" her phrases , accent and attitudes that you confirm that we argies descend from Italians . Her style was very Sabbatinish too ! Memorable , I lived it like she was the incarnation of Gaby , like she was one of our own .
I wished Serena had won on this
After this match she only won 2 grand slams with extreme difficulty
After this match she lost her INCREDIBLE mindset
After this match she lost 6 grand slam finals in 2.5 years of play
Before that , she almost had never lost a grand slam final
Very true... Pre Vinci and Post Vinci are 2 different Serenas.
Oh , y’all gave her too much credit. After this match didn’t Vinci retired and Serena went on to have baby , they didn’t get any younger. She won a slam while pregnant, how tougher does it gets more than that
Let's be real: Serena's prime was from 2012-2014 with her peak being in 2013. This is nowhere near prime Serena. This loss was big, but Serena went on to win 2 more majors while Roberta lost in the final and retired. Plus, the women's field around this time finally figured out how to handle Serena's power: variety and all-court presence. To say Vinci was the person who changed her career invalidates what Serena has done since.
@@surajparmekar3757 wow, I never realized that...so true
I was there. It set up the all-Italiano final Vinci vs. Flavia Pennetta the eventual champion.
Bravo - Bravo
And next year Stephens and keys copied the celebration style of these Italian best friends.
Brilliant tactics by Vinci.
Vinci player of great class, that played serve@volley in a period in which already it counted power. She's never distorted. No regrets for Serena Williams: she lost against a great opponent. Mithical Roby!
Miss Vinci's action on court. one of the best all rounder player out there.
Upset of all upset in the last decade possibly. Serena on her way to be the first calendar slams winner since Graf, stop by Vinci to set up all Italian final with Penetta
Soderling 2000s , Vinci 2010s
I just admire this match
1:41:30 vinci starts doing that little 'eeh' and something switches in her head .. the moment she said to herself "I'm going for it I'm ending this NOW"
Competitive sport at its deadliest and most beautiful. This is why tennis is the best sport in the world. And beautiful Berta...fired by joy, running herself into the ages!
Serena’s attitude during the whole match is embarrassing and unsportsmanlike like. She doesn’t appear to think she should really have to play someone of Vinci’s level. It’s hysterical how angry she gets during the second and third sets. She practically bites her own lips off. Tell me she doesn’t look seriously unhinged screaming after she makes that overhead. Vinci is the type of player kids should aspire to be like not an arrogant screamer.
Yea it seems like she's always been like tht..thn at the END all of a sudden she's lovey dovey lol
Tell me you’ve never been a champions without telling me you’ve never been a champion
@clips9294 thats not an excuse. There are plenty of champions that don't act like that.
What has been underestimated about Vinci's performance in this match is the way she consistently put Serena in positions where she had to hit the ball back to where Vinci was at the net waiting for it. Another factor which has been overlooked is that after winning the career grand slam in doubles Vinci and Errani split up their doubles partnership to concentrate on singles. Vinci had been working on her singles game for most of 2015. After defeating Williams she rose to number 7 in the world by defeating Belinda Bencic (a former Olympic gold medal winner in siingles) in a WTA tournament in St Petersburg. She became the oldest woman to debut in the top ten with that victory. So Vinci was a much better player than she gets credit for.
She gave Serena some problems in Toronto a month before . Even the she won in straight sets she did struggle at times with the variations in pace and spin from Vinci she knew what to expect just didn’t have her best stuff on the day though it has to be said Vinci was immense .
Serena herself in an interview (Roland Garros 2013) described Vinci as "tricky", even if at that point she had always beaten her.
The moment GOAT door was shut in the face of Serena.
Probably one of the biggest surprises in sport ...ever ...maybe the biggest along Douglas-Tyson
Undoubtedly the biggest drama queen ever on a tennis court despite all of her tennis prowess. It is exhausting to just watch her. She enacts a whole greek tragedy every five minutes. At times this has really cost her, but hey, nobody is perfect.
but you are here watching...
@@chrisarmelseyibayebek4977 I am here for the tennis and I would have actually enjoyed it way more without Serena constantly living through all of her drama all the time. Vinci's attitude was so much better, smiling, though it was also the biggest moment of her carrer. Let's face it, both of them won't starve to death either way so it shouldn't have been this hard to get a grip. As Nadal often says, people are literally dying somewhere else why this is only tennis. Serena does look entitled here, complaining that Vinci is playing so well with hitting the lines so often. She should have had more respect from the beginning. But as I wrote, nobody is perfect and I don't think that she is a bad person or whatever.
@@thorium222 She is like she is, stop asking her to be like you people want her to be...She has her personnality and her personnality bring so much more passion to this sport...If toi dont like her attitude dont watch her play thats it
@@chrisarmelseyibayebek4977 Yes, no problem, that is why I only watch her play occasionally. But I think it is actually a shame because she is so talented.
@@thorium222 Dont worry with or without you she still make $ millions every year and there is millions and millions of people Who like the passion she bring on the court... I dont think shes obsessed with you not watching her
1:25:05❤️
came for this thank you
I love this match
1:25:00 😂😂😂👏
32:12 who thought vinci had any chance whatsoever at this point ? .. it looked like just another player about to lay down for serena ... if you had polled 100 people at that point 110 would've said vinci is done .. but wow .. that's why you play the match/game
Je suis ravie et très reconnaissant
Serena and Djokovic were ALMOST perfect in 2015
Vous avez comprise chère amie excellente réussite
So disrespectful and annoying 🤦🏻♂️ I was so happy for Roberta
Sounds like trump.....
Shut up. Get out
When was she disrespectful?
Who was disrespectful?? Lol not Serena Williams
@@danielgeorgetheoneandonly y'all american
Sin duda serena la tendra precente hasta en sus pesadillas nunca la va a olvidar..
The day my heart broke
The day my heart exploded with joy
The day I laughed out loud - Serena showed what a poor sport she is for all the world to see, but then she doesn't really care anyway, so why not let it fly lol
Not me. It was one of the greatest moments in tennis.
@@dashhammett2341 poor sport? Losing is being a poor sport now? Which world are you living in?
@@brandonaldaymachuse6669 no it wasn’t
One of the greatest moments in us open history.
Worst, you mean?
Congrats Vinci! Thanks for saving women's tennis.
Yesss ❤️
That's rude
@@kecleonboi I’ve been seeing your anti Serena comments in every final she lost. You must be desperate
She really did.
What a game for Rebeka! 😍
1:24:42 best point of the match
She broke Serena's dream of 4 grand slam in a year. 🔥🔥
Incorrect…Serena won 4 grand slam in a year. The Gregorian Calendar is completely irrelevant. Serena, Steffi and Laver are the only ones to win the Grand Slam 2x. GOAT
No dear, she did not. It was Serena who did beat herself. Vinci is not at all at the level of Serena.
@@doksh5740 You are deluded period.
Perdeu....amei
a lot of what ifs in sports, but an interesting tidbit I heard awhile back, Genie Bouchard was scheduled to play Vinci before this match, but had to withdraw due to an injury. a match I think she would've won, then face Serena. Bouchard's style of game would've suited Serena more, so I think Serena would've made the final, and then likely would've won.
Vinci showed great heart
This match changed Serena and her aura of invincibility.
At this stage Serena had won 21 out of 25 Grand Slam finals in singles. She would play a further 8 finals and only win two more.
I was devastated for her - I really wanted to see her accomplish the calendar Grand Slam.
If memory serves me right, this was the first year the women's final at the US Open sold out before the men's - that was how convinced people were that Serena was goung to be in the final.
It was all over the news paper , front pages here in Nigeria that year,( where majority only watches football).
i can only imagine the hype it would be in the US.. when she lost was when i started to pay attention to tennis, became an avid fan since 2018. Sad she lost the final that year.
Great match by Roberta, she played without putting lots of weight on the ball so Serena had to do all the work. That really broke Serena rhythm,
serena always tanks these matches
Roberta Vinci saved the tennis in that day ❤
I wasn't actually surprised that Serena lost. I remember hearing Steffi Graf talk about just how absolutely exhausting the pressure was when she won the grand slam in 1988. When she eventually won the US Open final, she was so mentally exhausted that she didn't want to leave her hotel room. With that kind of pressure, I thought the odds were that Serena wouldn't get through.
And the Olympics were after the U.S. open that year! Incredible achievement.
@@maximilian2974Steffi was Steffi.
I’m so glad I barely knew Serena then because if I was to watch this I would have cried all day long and I cried as she lost that sf to azaranka
Shame Serena didn't clinch this US Open GS. This would've been a crucial one for legacy building. 2012-2015 was a terrific run for her. She needs a change in her fitness and perhaps her team to reach two more GS wins.
Grand choix de vous aimez...
Roberta Vinci jogando extremamente bem e os narradores só sabiam falar o nome da Serena. Que falta de imparcialidade para narrar! Ridículo...
Anchorman: "What are you thinking right now? Could she do this? Could she pull this off?"
1:20:29 Anchorwoman: "Oh absolutely. There's no question that Vinci can win this match."
1:41:40 TRIGGERED!!!
love it.
It was a game of brain vs brawn. Serena was too eager to win the match and ended up making too much errors. Roberta played the perfect match, she use the right strategy to stifle the power game of Serena.
Serena not only lacked ideas, she was more often then not caught offguard by the drops and slice of Vinci.
Serena lacked footwork, looks heavy and bewildered. The harder she tried, the more mistakes she made. Roberta made Serena looked old.
The Italian was out and about at the 2015 us open
A much deserving Italian won this title, and that's the fact
Nobody talks about Serena's invasive shouts, that was pretty disgusting. She started screaming to disturb Roberta, fortunately Italians are made of another matter.
Life is harsh, one person's best moment in life can be the worst moment of others...literally the BIGGEST choke of Serena's tennis career!
Yes, I believe the pressure of winning the calendar grand slam got to Serena. Just like the pressure for major #24.
Both player stalked a dream: Serena wished to realize the Grand Slam and Roberta to reach the first final Slam of her carrier in singular to 32 years old. But Vinci played the match of the life. She was very inspired and Serena was shocked.
C'est ne pas un esulte chère chérie fleurs roses c'est donc l'amour
Vinci the dark horse and spoiler glad she got a win made a final
No Grand Slam calendar for Serena
The defending of Roberta Vinci was most of the match on an unreal level. Incredible.
Turn down the volume of the commentators, man. Can do without the commentary as well
one time in life 💘
Vous êtes la plus belle chérie
This is the most historically important match in women’s tennis as it prevented Serena from capturing the calendar year Grand Slam, a distinction only shared by Steffi Graf, Margaret Court and Maureen Connoly
serena has 2 calendar grand slams, if she had won 2015 USO the. she would have 3 calendar slams which no one has
@@trippytrellis7033 ooooh that's how works??? that's sad :((
@@li1shae do you know what calendar grand slam even mean???
@@trippytrellis7033 Right. A non-calendar Grand Slam is still extremely impressive but not quite as impressive as the calendar slam is. The level of pressure in the latter is significantly greater. Navratilova also came up just short in the semifinal of the 1984 Australian Open (the last major at the time), and only Steffi has done it in the Open Era. Actually, Navratilova's loss is eerily similar to Serena's, as she also fell to a great doubles player who never won a singles major.
@@li1shae LOLOLOLOL. Wrong
this match is a blueprint on how you defeat a player that has more power than you.
Ma chère chérie fleurs roses je t'aime très bien merci pour votre compréhension bien cordialement hasbouna ll'ah wa neenmas lwakilou Amine Amine Amine Amine Amine Amine Amine
Roberta saved tennis that day.
this will forever haunt serena .. had she won this, she had the calendar slam and makes history .. pennetta was 0-8 h2h against her and she was one of those players that just did not believe she could beat serena and would always fold against her .. serena blew it bigtime .. epic fail
We don´t kow what would have happened in that final. Statistics mean nothing when you are standing on the court again. For example, Seles always owned Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, but when they met in the 1998 French final the spaniard staged a remarkable upset.
C'est donc mon choix
this proves that serena is just some bodybuilder
She played a lot of tennis that year too!
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!
Serena definitely felt the pressure here. Vinci was the worst possible type of opponent for her under these circumstances.
Agreed. When you tight, you do not want to play some one that forces yourself to generate power.
One of the reasons Steffi Graf is the GOAT.
Il giorno in cui roberta era imbattibile ❤
Serena was tight from the very beginning, Vinci saw that and capitalized
David vs Goliath battle of women's tennis.
Ma chère chérie fleurs roses
Venus vs jennifer 2001 plz