Teen Bianca Andreescu beats Serena Williams in US Open

Teenager Bianca Andreescu has become Canada's first grand slam singles champion with victory over Serena Williams in the US Open women's final.

Bianca Andreescu celebrates her US Open singles win.

Bianca Andreescu celebrates her US Open singles win. Source: Getty Images

Teenage phenomenon Bianca Andreescu has crowned her meteoric rise to sporting superstardom with a 6-3 7-5 victory over Serena Williams in a captivating US Open women's final in New York.

Ranked 178th in the world at the start of the year, Andreescu overcame a dramatic second-set collapse to deny Williams a record-equalling 24th grand slam singles crown with a stirring triumph to claimed Canada's first grand slam singles title.


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