TIL Desk Sports/ Tennis star Serena Williams has revealed that she has apologised to Japan”s Naomi Osaka who defeated her in the finals of the US Open last year. Naomi had defeated Serena 6-2, 6-4 in New York to win her first major in September last year.
However, it was overshadowed by controversy, with the American tennis star clashing with chair umpire Carlos Ramos, culminating when he docked her a game for calling him a “thief.” However, in an essay published on Tuesday in Harper”s Bazaar, a link to which was put on Instagram by Serena, the 37-year-old said she had apologised to Naomi for the “debacle” that “ruined something that should have been amazing and historic.”
“Not only was a game taken from me but a defining, triumphant moment was taken from another player, something she should remember as one of the happiest memories in her long and successful career,” the 37-year-old Williams wrote. “My heart broke.” As the days passed, the 23-time Grand Slam champion said she started seeing a the rapist and wasn”t ready to pick up a tennis racket.
