Poor sportsmanship of the year award nominee for Serena Williams while losing the us open final tonight to the young talented Naomi Osaka.
Serena successfully stole the spotlight with a big outburst after being called for a mysterious coaching/signaling violation, that was not explained in detail.
She aggressively demanded apologies from the ref & for him to take back his accusations of cheating...
Williams then destroys her racket & gets penalized, so she freaks out some more, calling the ref a thief & trying to bigtime him into giving in. The ref then penalized her for verbal abuse & Williams became even more upset. She appealed to the court officials, & when she didn’t get her way she said it’s because I’m a woman, many times.
After Naomi Osaka won the match fair and square, the two exchanged an awkward hug & then Williams appeared to shoulder check Osaka a little... wasn’t too aggressive, but definitely noticeable
Maybe there is some tennis history with Serena I don’t know about, but bringing gender into the meltdown was a low. But being a terrible loser is one of the reasons she became so good.
Congratulations to the 20 year old Osaka! She didn’t let all the drama break her rhythm. I guess tennis is interesting every once in awhile.
“For me, when I step on the court, it’s just about tennis.”
Naomi Osaka