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2018 US Open Tennis Tournament- Day Thirteen. Naomi Osaka of Japan with the winners trophy and Serena Williams of the United States with the runners up trophy with Chris Evert after the Women’s Singles Final on Arthur Ashe Stadium at the 2018 US Open Tennis Tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 8th, 2018 in Flushing, Queens, New York City. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)
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2018 US Open Tennis Tournament- Day Thirteen. Naomi Osaka of Japan with the winners trophy and Serena Williams of the United States with the runners up trophy with Chris Evert after the Women’s Singles Final on Arthur Ashe Stadium at the 2018 US Open Tennis Tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 8th, 2018 in Flushing, Queens, New York City. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)
Serena Williams has had her fair share of on-court debacles. Some have been noticed and then their hype died down. But some stayed. One such was the outburst and the exchange that Williams shared with the chair umpire, Carlos Ramos. Chris Evert considered the whole incident as a negative point for the sport and something which did not shed a good light on tennis.
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Williams’ coach had considered it to be an important movement for tennis to which Evert completely disagreed.
Chris Evert condemned the incident at the finals of the US Open 2018
The 23-time grand slam champion had gotten into a ruffle with the chair umpire back in 2018. It was because the umpire had noticed Patrick Mouratoglou coaching Williams through some hand gestures. The player denied it and the outburst led her to get a game penalty as well as a huge fine.
The whole incident had made the venue a place of commotion. Mouratoglou had a different perspective regarding this. He said, “It was horrible for us and Serena.” However, he commended the moment for tennis. He said, “It was fantastic for tennis. That was the best moment in tennis in 10 years. You want passion.”
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Tennis – French Open – Roland Garros, Paris, France – May 31, 2021 Serena Williams of the U.S. in action during her first round match against Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
Tennis legend Chris Evert, however, outrightly was against this notion. She said, “I don’t agree with that at all.” She added, “Yes, it got a lot of exposure. So do other bad things that happen in the world.” Moreover, she did not see it in a positive light and said, “I don’t think it was good for tennis, the integrity of the game.”
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She narrated how she had felt when she went to present the trophy, “It was thundering, it was vibrating, the floor vibrating, the boos deafening.” She added, “I saw Naomi sobbing. That isn’t the greatest thing that’s ever happened in the sport.”
Serena Williams in the 2022 US Open
Till now, Serena Williams has kept her calm and is playing with all her zeal at the US Open 2022. She apologized to Naomi Osaka after the US Open 2018 and congratulated the Japanese player on her astounding victory. This year, Williams made her comeback but could not perform well at Wimbledon.
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Now, after announcing her retirement, the crowd is all in the favor of the former world No. 1 and hoping for her to win at the hard-court major.
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