--- description: Serena Williams lost to Italy's Roberta Vinci in the U.S. Open semifinals. title: Serena Williams Loses in U.S. Open Semifinals image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f8ccdc12eea52d3/69886353e20a8777a1a8d328/serena-williams-lost1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [tennis](/tag/tennis/) ## tennis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Serena Williams Loses in U.S. Open Semifinals  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 11, 2015 7:16 PM CUT  Serena Williams reacts after losing a point to Roberta Vinci, of Italy, during a semifinal match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament on Sept. 11, 2015, in New York City. Serena Williams reacts after losing a point to Roberta Vinci, of Italy, during a semifinal match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament on Sept. 11, 2015, in New York City.Bill Kostroun—AP  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 11, 2015 7:16 PM CUT Roberta Vinci will move on to the U.S. Open finals after defeating Serena Willaims 26-64-64 in a shocking upset. Vinci’s odds of winning were estimated to be 1 in 300, according to [SI.com](http://www.si.com/tennis/2015/09/11/us-open-semifinals-live-blog-serena-williams-roberta-vinci "undefined"). Vinci’s victory ends Williams’ [33-match winning streak](https://twitter.com/BryanAGraham/status/642411878468063232 "undefined") at the Grand Slams. Williams had a shot at becoming the first player to collect all four Grand Slam titles in a single season since Steffi Graf in 1988, [the Associated Press reports](http://time.com/4026170/serena-williams-us-open/ "undefined"). Vinci is now the [lowest-ranked U.S. Open finalist](https://twitter.com/BryanAGraham/status/642411878468063232?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") since Williams’ sister, Venus, in 1997\. Serena beat Venus is a match [earlier this week](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/2015/09/08/serena-williams-beats-venus-reach-us-open-semis/71909440/ "undefined"). “Today is my day,” Vinci said in a post-game interview. “She played literally out of her mind,” Williams said after the match. > [](https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/642414312921919489) Moments from the game are already making the rounds on social media ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4031951/serena-williams-us-open-roberta-vinci/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4031951/serena-williams-us-open-roberta-vinci/"},"headline":"Serena Williams Loses in U.S. Open Semifinals","datePublished":"2015-09-11T19:16:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:53:06.171Z","description":"The loss ends her pursuit of the first Grand Slam in tennis since 1988","url":"https://time.com/4031951/serena-williams-us-open-roberta-vinci/","keywords":["tennis"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f8ccdc12eea52d3/69886353e20a8777a1a8d328/serena-williams-lost1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f8ccdc12eea52d3/69886353e20a8777a1a8d328/serena-williams-lost1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US Open Tennis","caption":"US Open Tennis","creditText":"Bill Kostroun—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/tennis/","name":"tennis"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4031951/serena-williams-us-open-roberta-vinci/","name":"Serena Williams Loses in U.S. Open Semifinals"}}]}] ```