[Daniel-X]

Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam singles title when she beat Serena Williams 6-2, 6-4 in the US Open final on Saturday but the victory will be overshadowed by a climax in which Williams harangued the umpire at length after initially being accused of receiving coaching from the stands.

Osaka, 20, prevailed in the first major final of her career, thus preventing Williams from winning a record-equalling 24th grand slam title.

Williams was given a game penalty during the second set after a row erupted with umpire Carlos Ramos, who handed the American a code violation for illegal on-court coaching.

Full link and video below: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.t...a-wins-us-open

[Daniel-X]

We LOVE her

#CBBSerena

[hijaxers]

Originally Posted by Daniel-X

We LOVE her

#CBBSerena

I think she has baby brain - i saw her wearing a tu tu !! its a game of bloody tennis not Swan Lake darlin.

[Niamh.]

Serena is a queen, that tutu was amazing

[Marsh.]

Quite sexist tbh. She's always been... shall we say... passionate!

But now she's had a baby we can say it's because of that!

Suppose it beats saying she must be on her period!

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Quite sexist tbh. She's always been... shall we say... passionate!

But now she's had a baby we can say it's because of that!

Suppose it beats saying she must be on her period!

John McEnroe must have loads of babies

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

John McEnroe must have loads of babies

[MTVN]

She's a disgrace, should be utterly embarrassed about her actions last night

[arista]

Originally Posted by MTVN

She's a disgrace, should be utterly embarrassed about her actions last night

Yes
Smashing her racket
as she was losing the game.


Typical of her

[Cherie]

She has won so much, I appreciate it must be hard to lose, but you have to accept winning and losing with grace in sport

[DouglasS]

Serena is my favourite women’s tennis player, she’s very passionate and I can see why this game meant so much, it’s her first grand slam final since her daughter and she’s not won the US Open in so many years.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Daniel-X

Full link and video below: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.t...a-wins-us-open

Yes BAD LOSER

[Crimson Dynamo]

vile woman

just nasty

[bots]

awful behaviour, i hope she gets a suspension for it that ends her career. No place for that behaviour in sport

[Gstar]

Whew! The white people are mad

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Germyle

Whew! The white people are mad

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Germyle

Whew! The white people are mad

[arista]

Originally Posted by Germyle

Whew! The white people are mad

That has feck all to do with this
SHE was losing the GAME
FACT

[armand.kay]

Originally Posted by Germyle

Whew! The white people are mad

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Germyle

Whew! The white people are mad

That makes a change, it's usually the Brown ones.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Germyle

Whew! The white people are mad

To be fair this is kind of nonsense as Serena Williams has been high profile in tennis for what? A decade or longer? And has been popular and celebrated. I'm not a huge tennis fan but as far as I know, she was black the entire time, and it's not a recent deleopment. I might be wrong, of course. Really nothing to do with race. People didn't like it when Andy Murray (a white male) was getting heated constantly in his earlier career and he was clearly told by his coaches etc. to reign it in. It's just not considered part of the sport, beyond some mild frustration during the game, it's supposed to be all hugs and handshakes at the end of the match.

[James]

She had a tantrum. Emotions get the better of players sometimes. That's happened in tennis many times in the past, and will happen many times in the future. It's like this forum on Monday if Ryan wins CBB.

The unfair part though is accusing the umpire of being sexist. Stuff like that has consequences. You can't just throw that kind of accusation out without backing it up.

[arista]

Originally Posted by James

She had a tantrum. Emotions get the better of players sometimes. That's happened in tennis many times in the past, and will happen many times in the future. It's like this forum on Monday if Ryan wins CBB.

The unfair part though is accusing the umpire of being sexist. Stuff like that has consequences. You can't just throw that kind of accusation out without backing it up.

Yes hope the site does not Crash

[Captain.Remy]

Originally Posted by James

She had a tantrum. Emotions get the better of players sometimes. That's happened in tennis many times in the past, and will happen many times in the future. It's like this forum on Monday if Ryan wins CBB.

The unfair part though is accusing the umpire of being sexist. Stuff like that has consequences. You can't just throw that kind of accusation out without backing it up.

On the sexist stuff, I agree she should not have directed this at him. But to a certain extent she is right: dudes sometimes are way more vocal or "aggressive" towards umpires and yet the umpires don't take it as far. So I can understand the upset, but the umpire only applied the rules, and she knows that. Just wrong timing, her emotions took over.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by James

She had a tantrum. Emotions get the better of players sometimes. That's happened in tennis many times in the past, and will happen many times in the future. It's like this forum on Monday if Ryan wins CBB.

The unfair part though is accusing the umpire of being sexist. Stuff like that has consequences. You can't just throw that kind of accusation out without backing it up.

Call me physic