Serena Williams would not discuss the incidents that unfolded during the US Open final she lost to Naomi Osaka in September and is choosing to “move on to bigger and better things”, the American told reporters in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.
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Wozniacki suffering from arthritis
Former World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis before the US Open. The 28-year-old reigning Australian Open champion revealed the news after the conclusion of her WTA season, which ended with a 5-7, 7-5 6-3 loss to No.7 Elina Svitolina in the final round of group play at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals […]
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Serena’s coach calls for on-court coaching
Patrick Mouratoglou, the coach at the centre of Serena Williams’s infamous US Open final meltdown, on Thursday called for on-court coaching to be allowed at all events. The Frenchman insists that coaching goes on all the time at tournaments and to believe otherwise is “hypocrisy”. “Coaching is a vital component of any sporting performance. Yet […]
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US Open, PGA winner Koepka voted PGA Tour Player of Year
Cibulkova to get first shot at US Open
Big-hitting Dominika Cibulkova will get her first crack at newly crowned US Open champion Naomi Osaka after squeaking into the last 16 of the Pan Pacific Open on Monday. The beefy Slovak overcame the effects of jet-leg and pesky local qualifier Nao Hibino 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 to set up a potential slug-fest with Osaka in […] …
US Open: Osaka not saddened by Serena row
Naomi Osaka said Serena Williams’ row with the umpire during the US Open final had not altered her feelings about winning a Grand Slam. She said on Thursday that this was largely because she had no idea how she was supposed to react. Osaka’s breakthrough triumph in New York was overshadowed by an explosive row […] …
US Open: Cartoon on Serena Williams stirs controversary
A cartoon that was drawn by an Australian cartoonist, Mark Knight, about Serena Williams’ reaction at the US Open on Saturday has become the subject of a trending conversation on Twitter. Knight’s cartoon was published in Australia’s Herald Sun on Tuesday. It depicted the tennis star having a tantrum on the court at the US Open after she […] …
ITF backs chair umpire after Serena US Open saga
US Open winner overtakes Swiss great
When Novak Djokovic won the US Open for a third time on Sunday, he regained his place as his sport’s biggest ever on-court earner, BBC Sport reports. That is despite winning fewer Grand Slams – the most lucrative tournaments in tennis – and fewer ATP Tour titles than Swiss great Roger Federer. The pair were […] …
Ramos backed by ITF over ‘regrettable’ Serena rant
Carlos Ramos has been praised for acting with “professionalism and integrity” by the International Tennis Federation after the umpire was labelled a liar and a thief by Serena Williams during the American star’s US Open final meltdown. Williams launched an astonishing verbal attack on chair umpire Ramos as she crashed to a shock 6-2, 6-4 […] …