New York, Sep 13 (IANS): The following is the path to the US Open women's singles title for Italy's Flavia Pennetta:
1st round: beat Jarmila Gajdosova (Australia) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
2nd rd: bt Monica Niculescu (Romania) 6-1, 6-4
3rd rd: bt Petra Cetkovska (Czech Republic) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
4th rd: bt Samantha Stosur (Australia) 6-4, 6-4
Quarter-final: bt Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Semi-final: bt Simona Halep (Romania) 6-1, 6-3
Final: bt Roberta Vinci (Italy) 7-6 (7/4), 6-2