Serena Williams was defeated by first-time finalist Naomi Osaka in Saturday’s U.S. Open Women’s Final, missing the chance to earn a record-tying 24th Grand Slam singles title. Osaka, at just 20 years of age, earns her first Grand Slam singles title, making her the youngest women’s champion at the U.S. Open since Maria Sharapova in 2006. The heated match came to a halting stop when Williams was penalized one game for a third code violation, putting Osaka just one game away from the title. She was given a second violation for smashing her racquet, and again yelled at the chair umpire who had given her the first warning. Her last victory was at the 2017 Australian Open, when while pregnant she became the oldest Grand Slam female champion at 35.

Source: Fox News September 08, 2018 21:46 UTC