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I honestly didn't see this coming- Djokovic winning the last 2 Slam events. Back to #1 when the Australian takes place? I don't have a good read on how the rankings work.
Rankings points go on a 12 month moving window.
Novak has no points to defend for the remainder of the year, so there is a good chance he will get the YE#1 or be #1 by the AO next year.
And a truly fantastic match by Novak Djokovic, to draw level with Pete Sampras on 14 Major titles.
He now also has 3 USO titles, and equals Rafael Nadal and Ivan Lendl there in the Open Era . (the latter coincidentally also lost 5 USO Finals as well, so an unenviable stat he had to address tonight)
What I found unacceptable was the way Williams supporters, which means the vast majority of the crowd,treated Osaka.
They ruined what should have a wonderful day for Osaka.Williams had to ask the crowd to stop booing Osaka. It was grossly unfair of the crowd to treat her this way. It was Serena who disgraced herself on court not Osaka.
Im so sorry for Osaka, she is so cute at press conference. There is a difference between beeing winner while rejecting lose and behaving bad manner for Serena.
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They ruined what should have a wonderful day for Osaka.Williams had to ask the crowd to stop booing Osaka...
Why in the world would you think the crowd would be booing Osaka? They were booing that chair umpire & the whole unfortunate situation between Serena & him & how unfair she thought he was being.
Osaka's just the "innocent bystander" opponent on the other side of the net.
Why in the world would you think the crowd would be booing Osaka? They were booing that chair umpire & the whole unfortunate situation between Serena & him & how unfair she thought he was being.
Osaka's just the "innocent bystander" opponent on the other side of the net.
I agree with why the crowd was booing - even though it was still bad behavior.
With regards to Osaka, she had no clue why they were booing and thought they are were mad because SW lost, which meant they were mad at her. She's just a kid - did you hear her comments? She talked about what her mom and dad were doing. That's her world. I loved the innocence of it.
Osaka could not comprehend the whole social justice event that she overturned.
I agree that it was bad behavior by Serena, but IMO the punishment did not fit the crime. Officials should not be intruding on the outcome of the match, period. I think when players have emotional outbursts that are disrespectful to the referee/umpire and/or unprofessional, but that don't physically affect the play of their opponents, then at most they should receive a fine - hell make it a hefty one. Just don't dole out punishments that have the potential to materially alter the outcome of a match.
It's excessive to take a game away, like what happened with Serena. To me, that's improper intrusion by an official, especially in a high-leverage sports scenario.
I agree that it was bad behavior by Serena, but IMO the punishment did not fit the crime. Officials should not be intruding on the outcome of the match, period. I think when players have emotional outbursts that are disrespectful to the referee/umpire and/or unprofessional, but that don't physically affect the play of their opponents, then at most they should receive a fine - hell make it a hefty one. Just don't dole out punishments that have the potential to materially alter the outcome of a match.
It's excessive to take a game away, like what happened with Serena. To me, that's improper intrusion by an official, especially in a high-leverage sports scenario.
The umpire applied the rules.
First code violation - a warning
Second code vioation - a point
Third code violation - a match.
While the first violation may be debatable the other two were justified. In the end, none of the punishments actually affected the outcome. Osaka was the better player on the day and Williams temeperament got the better of her.
Time to focus on the champion. Naomi's press conference. She sidesteps the on court controversy, but answers apologizing during the trophy presentation. I love the innocence. You just don't see that with kids anymore, and she's 20. Totally refreshing...
As far as the match went - I think she won because she was able to handle SW's first serve - which I believe pressed her into mutliple double faults. Also she could keep up athletically with SW. She seemed like she was patient and played angles when the opportunity was there, but otherwise just kept the ball in play.
Time to focus on the champion. Naomi's press conference. She sidesteps the on court controversy, but answers apologizing during the trophy presentation. I love the innocence. You just don't see that with kids anymore, and she's 20. Totally refreshing...
As far as the match went - I think she won because she was able to handle SW's first serve - which I believe pressed her into mutliple double faults. Also she could keep up athletically with SW. She seemed like she was patient and played angles when the opportunity was there, but otherwise just kept the ball in play.
I would add that her serve was great and put pressure on every one of her opponents. Sabalenka was a tough match, but she made Keys look pretty pedestrian. If I had to use one word for her ground strokes it would be crisp.
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