Why, because she's emotional when she has something on the line? Serena is not responsible for Osaka and she has a right to be angry and fight for what she believes is right. The timing was off for Osaka's first Slam, but again, that's not Serena's problem. Naomi played amazing tennis and she's going home a Slam Champion, taking $3.8m with her. She will be fine. I don't like when BabyRena surfaces, but I will be damned if I will give kudos to Ramos when the men are out here getting coached by umpires, killing rackets, putting their hands on linesmen, screaming at them as they take their shirts off and sit for minutes at a time with no worries. Nadal gets coached from the stands, abuses the time clock and has umpires removed. Come on now!
Naomi is certainly the heir apparent. Sascha has done an outstanding job.
The thing about the coaching is that Serena didn't even see it. The rule is the player has to pay the price, but damn! She never uses on court coaching because Serena can usually figure out how to adjust so I understand her not wanting to be labeled a cheat. Couple that with getting clocked by your opponent and things don't end well. When history is on the line, Queen does awful. How long did it take to get to 18? Patrick not only was cheating, but then he rats out others? That's the most foul of all of this. Rat!
Lastly, y'all know Serena has been thru it in NY. Some her own doing and some of it has to do with umpires playing her dirty. How did we get Hawkeye?