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Serena Williams on Saturday lost to the 20-year-old Naomi Osaka in consecutive sets by 6-2, 6-4 in the US Open Final at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.
Serena was looking at creating history by securing her 24 career Grand Slam singles titles, however, the 20-year-old Osaka upset Williams to take home the first major victory of her pro career.
Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese woman to win a Grand Slam title as her idol Serena Williams angrily imploded, calling the chair umpire in the US Open final “a thief”.
The match was marred by Williams’s second set outburst, the American enraged by umpire Carlos Ramos’s warning for receiving coaching from her box.
Coaching or not? This is the question #Mouratoglou #SerenaWilliams #usopen pic.twitter.com/vHMNwkHSq6
— Thib (@thibnice10) September 8, 2018
She tearfully accused him of being a “thief” and angrily demanded an apology from the official.
When a second code violation for racquet abuse was handed out to her — along with a point penalty — Williams exploded.
“You’re attacking my character,” she said. “You will never, ever be on another court of mine. You are the liar,” she fumed and Ramos handed her a game penalty that put Osaka one game from victory at 5-3 in the second set.
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Williams won the next game, and continued her tearful remonstrations with a supervisor on the changeover but Osaka — who displayed remarkable poise throughout — held serve to seal a historic win for her country.
What a scene to start the trophy presentation: boos, Osaka in tears behind her visor, Serena puts her arm around her. pic.twitter.com/nviG83cjJR
— Nick Zaccardi (@nzaccardi) September 8, 2018