Bianca Andreescu of Canada hugs Serena Williams of the US after defeating her during the Women’s Singles Finals match at the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on September 7, 2019. TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP
Teenager Bianca Andreescu became Canada’s first Grand Slam singles champion on Saturday with a 6-3, 7-5 win over 23-time major champion Serena Williams in the US Open final.
The 19-year-old Andreescu became the youngest Grand Slam winner since Maria Sharapova at the 2006 US Open, handing Williams a fourth consecutive defeat in the final of a major to again deny her a record-equaling 24th Slam title.
