Tennis is a late-bloomer’s game these days, and Roberta Vinci has done her part to make it that way. It took the Italian, who will be 31 in February, 15 years on tour to crack the Top 20.

BIEL, Switzerland (AP) — Former U.S. Open runner-up Roberta Vinci lost on the opening day of the first Biel Ladies Open on Monday. The fourth-seeded Italian, now ranked No. 35, lost to 58th ...

Roberta Vinci has a U.S. Open runner-up trophy again, after having her tennis hardware stolen from her home in Italy.

Last episode of the U.S. Open mini-pod from FiveThirtyEight. Carl Bialik and Grantland's Brian Phillips discuss Roberta Vinci's upset of Serena Williams, and Djokovic-Federer.