Serena Williams will play Bianca Andreescu in the women’s singles final of the United States Open on Saturday at 4 p.m. Eastern time.
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Andreescu has had a stunning rise to the top of tennis.
Last summer, Bianca Andreescu was ranked outside the top 200. This year, she entered the U.S. Open with a 38-4 record for the season, ranked No. 15.
After Andreescu defeated Belinda Bencic in the semifinals on Thursday night, Pam Shriver of ESPN told her in a postmatch interview that a year ago, “I don’t think I’d heard of you.