Serena has had multiple meltdowns at the US Open over the years, always when she is losing in a late round match. This last one, last year, was disgusting though. She completely ruined the joy of the winner, younger Naomi Osaka. Serena made the entire thing about herself... she claimed sexism, in fact. Men get warnings and in fact a year earlier a man was banned from two Grand Slam tournaments for poor behavior.
Serena whined about "being a mother" as if this has anything to do with cheating... her coach ADMITTED that he coached her in that match. She whined that she is picked on and would never be rude... she threatened to shove the ball down the throat of the line judge in 2011 for making the foot fault call. Serena then, at this last tournament, says, "[FONT="] [/FONT]"I don’t want to be rude. She played well. Let’s make this the best moment we can, let’s not boo any more,” said Williams. Then it was Osaka’s turn, and she looked more devastated than delighted. She even wound up apologising for having beaten the crowd’s favourite in scenes that surely have little precedent in this or any other sport.
She played well? Poor Naomi was crying about not giving the fans what they wanted... a Serena win.
This is kinda old but they just did the Serena vs the Umpire on ESPN so it bugged me all over again...
