5 female players who fell flat at the 2016 US Open

3) Roberta Vinci

Roberta Vinci was easily taken down by Angelique Kerber

The Italian World Number 7, Roberta Vinci’s dreams of clinching a US Open title was short-lived as she fell to World Number 2, Angelique Kerber in the quarter-finals of the. The scorecard read 7-5, 6-0 in World Number 2, Angelique Kerber’s favour.

What might be a shocking fact to many would be that Vinci was the finalist of the US Open last year and had ousted Serena Williams in the semi-finals to qualify for the finals. It’s best not to comment about her faltering service.

Up against Angelique Kerber, she was no match for the German. The second set clearly shows how defenceless Vinci was and had to succumb to the prowess of Kerber, who is longing to overtake Serena Williams and topple her from her throne as the World Number 1. For someone who was the finalist the previous year, to show such poor form was a shocker but certainly, a bit of credit is due to Kerber.