{"id":9364,"date":"2015-09-12T05:39:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T05:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=9364"},"modified":"2015-09-12T05:40:36","modified_gmt":"2015-09-12T05:40:36","slug":"serena-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/serena-loss","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams Surprisingly Falls Short Of A Historic Accomplishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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Serena would have\u00a0been the first female tennis player to a complete the grand slam since\u00a0Steffi Graf in 1988.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A dark horse<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Williams has won 21 Grand Slam singles titles and is normally an unstoppable force. There was a huge international audience watching Friday\u2019s match expecting to see her be victorious. This is Vinci\u2019s first victory against Williams. She had never won a set against in four previous matches and had been struggling this season. When asked if she ever expected to win this match, she replied <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No. \u00a0When I wake up, I say, &#8216;OK, I am in the semifinals today. Try to enjoy it. Don&#8217;t think about Serena.&#8217; I didn&#8217;t expect that I (would) win.&#8221; <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vinci is calling this victory \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The best moment of my life<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d \u00a0She also apologized to any disappointed Williams fans: \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the American people, for Serena, for the Grand Slam and everything. But today is my day. Sorry, guys<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d Now she will face off Flavia Pennetta in the final.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9365\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/COpPa-RWoAACBJE.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/COpPa-RWoAACBJE.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/COpPa-RWoAACBJE-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/COpPa-RWoAACBJE.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What stopped Williams\u2019 momentum?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think she lost her way, mentally<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u201d said her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou. He said that Friday was not a good day for her and that she woke up feeling off. Even Vinci could see that her opponent was feeling nervous. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tactically, she didn\u2019t know what to do at a certain point. When you do the wrong choices, you lose the points that you\u2019re used to winning, and then you don\u2019t understand what\u2019s happening, and then you make more and more wrong choices<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He reminded everyone that athletes are only human<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How many times did it happen this year where she felt like this and she still found her way through? She didn&#8217;t find her way today<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8221; he stated. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Williams got visibly upset and angrily smashed her racket after losing the second set, for which she received a code violation for racket abuse from the chair umpire. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9366\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9366\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/SerenaWilliamsLose_1441998346.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/SerenaWilliamsLose_1441998346.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/SerenaWilliamsLose_1441998346-600x364.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/SerenaWilliamsLose_1441998346-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/SerenaWilliamsLose_1441998346-85x52.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/static.sportskeeda.com\/card_images\/twitter-reacts-to-serena-williams-loss-in-the-us-open\/SerenaWilliamsLose_1441998346.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Williams did not want to dwell on her loss<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a news conference after the game, Williams was keeping her answers short and avoided several questions. \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I don\u2019t want to talk about how disappointing it is for me<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u201d she said. \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you have any other questions, I\u2019m open for that<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d \u00a0She had nothing but nice things to say about Vinci &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cShe\u2019s going for it at a late stage. \u00a0So that\u2019s good for her to keep going for it and playing so well. Actually, I guess it\u2019s inspiring. But, yeah, I think she played literally out of her mind<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9367\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9367\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/jdapj3m3gov.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/jdapj3m3gov.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/jdapj3m3gov-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/jdapj3m3gov-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1sport.com.cn\/images\/201509\/12\/jdapj3m3gov.jpg\" 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