Sept 6, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Angelique Kerber of Germany celebrates a winner to Roberta Vinci of Italy on day nine of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Second seed Angelique Kerber was first through to the semi-finals of the U.S. Open on Tuesday when Roberta Vinci was tripped up by a foot fault and tumbled out of the year's final grand slam falling 7-5 6-0.
The match had looked an intriguing one pitting Kerber, who is eyeing Serena Williams's world number one ranking, against the 33-year-old Italian Vinci, who discovered a fountain of youth at Flushing Meadows last year when she reached the finals.
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