With her 17 Grand Slam singles titles and counting, Serena Williams continues to lord over younger female tennis players from America and around the globe.
But the time will come when the 33-year-old Williams will give way to a younger generation of players, some of whom broke through and made headlines at this year’s U.S. Open.
Belinda Bencic, a 17-year-old Swiss Miss, beat two Top-10 players before suffering a disappointing loss Tuesday in the quarterfinals to 28-year-old Chinese Peng Shuai, 6-2, 6-1
Alexsandra Krunic, a 21-year-old Serb who took out Wimbledon champ and No. 3 seed Petra Kvitova in the third round, pushed two-time Open finalist Victoria Azarenka to three sets Monday night before falling in the fourth round.
And 15-year-old American CiCi Bellis was the talk of the tournament’s first week when she stunned No. 12 seed Dominika Cibulkova in the first round. Bellis ended up losing her next match and on Tuesday, as the No. 1 seed in the girls juniors, she was upset in the second round.
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