During one of several intense exchanges with U.S. Open officials in her finals loss to first-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams argued she was being treated differently because she’s a woman after calling the chair umpire a “thief.”
Williams was handed multiple controversial penalties in the match, including one that cost her a game and put Osaka up, 5-3, in the second (and final) set.
“Because I’m a woman, you’re going to take this away from me?” she demanded to officials.
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