Face of Nation : Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu will play 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams for the US Open title after a tense 7-6 (7/3), 7-5 win over Belinda Bencic in Thursday’s semi-final.
The 19-year-old Andreescu is just the second women’s Grand Slam finalist from Canada — after Eugenie Bouchard at Wimbledon in 2014 — and will bid to become the first teen Grand Slam champion since Maria Sharapova won at Flushing Meadows in 2006.
Andreescu, in her US Open main draw debut, saved a set point in the opening set against fellow first-time Grand Slam semi-finalist Bencic, the 13th seed from Switzerland, before edging the tie-break.
She trailed by a double break at 5-2 in the second set but reeled off the final five games to set up a rematch of last month’s Toronto final against the 37-year-old Williams, who retired from that clash with a back injury.