History and Drama filled Women’s Final

Vishakha Maheswari
Sep 9, 2018 · 2 min read

Naomi Osaka defeating her ideal Serena Williams, on the way to glory.

A drama, action, and joy-filled match. One* to see it all. (Joy on the lesser side).

Huge applause for Naomi Osaka, for winning the singles women’s title, 6–2,6–4, against Serena Williams.

The 20-year-old, grew up admiring Williams and was overwhelmed when her sporting idol congratulated during the post-match interview.

Heading the ‘New Generation’, quoted on U.S.Open website, Osaka became the first ever Japanese player to have won a major singles title in history.

Many, many congrats to her!

She reached her career-high world ranking no 7.

Photo courtesy — Google Images.

On the other hand, William’s outburst on empire Carlos Ramos was the talk of the town.

Some call it dramatic and some controversial.

William’s got agitated in the second set, when she received three code violations, leading her to lose the game.

First, for coaching in between the match, second for racket abuse and, third for verbal abuse’.

Serena managed to keep her cool till the second warning, trying to explain that she herself never believed in in-match coaching.

After losing the game, discussions went form violations, to sexism.

The women’s finals ended in a chaos.

Celebrations weren’t seen for Osaka, as the crowd kept booing. Her acceptance speech had the shadow of sadness, which should have been a happy moment.

Naomi, “I’m sorry it had to end like this. I want to say thank you for watching the match”.

Well, U.S.Open has a new champion, Naomi Osaka. Who never lost her focus among all the drama.

She has also won the Indian Wells Open this year. Finals held in March against Daria Kasatkina, Russian. Winning by 6–3,6–2.

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