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NEW YORK -- Flavia Pennetta arrived back at Arthur Ashe Stadium and had one question: Where is it?She couldnt wait to see the most recent addition to the photos of past champions displayed at the U.S. Open. Its been almost one year since Pennetta affixed her name to that list, yet as she returned to Flushing Meadows on Friday, that moment felt much longer ago than 12 months.The 2015 U.S. Open final was not only when the 33-year-old Italian won her first major title. It was also when she announced to the world that she planned to retire.I had the chance to say to everyone in the perfect moment in the perfect way, Pennetta told The Associated Press before she appeared at the U.S. Open draw ceremony as the reigning womens champion. Of course it was a big moment -- not just for the winning, but for everything.I didnt have any regrets. One year later Im here and really happy with my life now.She had decided a month before the tournament to leave tennis at the end of the season, convinced she couldnt win the years final major and OK with the fact that meant shed finish her career without a Grand Slam title. The grind of the tour was wearing her down, the constant travel around the globe from week to week to week.At too many events, Pennetta was thinking: Why am I here? I dont want to be here.Sometimes I was 100 percent on court, she recalled, and sometimes I was, `OK, I have to play -- I dont want to go. I want to be another place.Where she often wants to be these days is riding the horse she owns. Her father jokes that she seems to spend more time doing that than she did practicing tennis.This summer, where she wanted to be was on a boat cruising between Greek islands. Pennetta hails from Brindisi, in the heel of Italys boot, where seemingly everybody makes the short trip to Greece for vacations. No one could believe that she hadnt been, but there was just never the time over the summer. Until now.Asked what else shes suddenly been able to do in retirement, Pennetta laughed and pointed out the biggest one: We get married.Her wedding to fellow Italian player Fabio Fognini took place in June. Fognini is 29, and his wife isnt trying to sell him on the merits of retirement.I push him to play until 35, 37, Pennetta said, smiling.She hopes that by then hell be playing as a father.At this years U.S. Open, the 38th-ranked Fognini faces No. 106 Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first round Tuesday. Pennetta is kept close to tennis by her husbands career, and she follows the fortunes of former Italian Fed Cup teammates Francesca Schiavone, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci.Watching matches from the stands can be agonizing. Its so easy to see which shot the player should have hit, how they should react to a missed call.But she also knows well that between the lines, none of that comes easy.From outside, you see everything so clear. When youre on court, of course not, Pennetta said. You would like to help them, but there is no chance. You just have to sit there and say, `OK, come on.It was Vinci, her former junior doubles partner, who Pennetta met for the U.S. Open title in one of the unlikeliest major finals ever. Vinci, then ranked 43rd, had just derailed Serena Williams Grand Slam bid with a shocking upset in the semis.This was the first major final for both Italians, and the 26th-seeded Pennetta was the oldest woman in the Open era to become a first-time Grand Slam champion. Then during the trophy ceremony, she threw in one last twist to a tournament full of stunners. Her on-court interview about the end, Pennetta interjected: I just need to say one thing more.She played four more tournaments to wrap up her final season. Pennetta still enjoys playing for fun but now can go a month without touching a racket.Shes done some commentating work for Italian TV and figures she might help out the countrys tennis federation. But mostly she relishes the freedom to spend time with her husband and with her family back home in Brindisi, to travel around Italy visiting friends.Now I have all this time, so now Im perfect, she said, the smile spreading across her face. Im always where I want to be.Dirk Nowitzki Jersey . The CFLs leading rusher kept adding to his gaudy numbers this season and scored the winning touchdown with just over two minutes to play. The New Westminster, B.C., native plowed three yards into the end zone for the last score of a heated, see-saw battle between the two teams with the best records in the CFL. Luka Doncic Jersey . 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Stoke were on top for the most part and could have scored a couple more on another day.Burnleys only real chance in the first half came with two minutes on the clock, when Scott Arfield fired a free kick into the wall and over.Stoke were ahead by the 20th minute, when Mame Diouf did well down the wing and whipped over a fine low cross which Walters finished offf fantastically as he flicked the ball over Paul Robinson and into the top corner.ddddddddddddot long after it was 2-0 as Muniesa started a lovely move before finishing like a pro as he volleyed home a cross from Marko Arnautovic. Andre Gray almost pulled one back but his chip was cleared off the line by Bruno Martins Indi.Burnley felt they should have had a penalty in the second half when Gray went down but a free kick was given outside the box. ' ' '