The perspective from Japan on Monday: Osaka is being embraced as Japanese despite her mixed background. "Although entirely refusing to shake Ramos' hand, Williams graciously told crowds: "[Osaka] played well, this is her first Grand Slam.

The cries of "sexism" surrounding the Serena Williams story are a red herring. Williams called Ramos "a thief" and accused him of being sexist. It was then that Mr Francois came up with a plan to groom his daughters into champions.

Ramos is one of the most experienced match officials in tennis. When Osaka was announced the victor, the audience booed her, but Williams came to her defense.

But just who is this 20-year-old? The two were both coached by their father and went through the same rigorous training he provided. Once a player steps on to the match court, she takes sole charge for executing her shots, for adjusting her strategy, for retaining her mental equilibrium, and for pushing herself to her physical limits. It was not until their teenage years that Osaka began to win.

Answering a comment from Julie Di Caro, Knight wrote: "Well Julie here's a cartoon I drew a few days before when Australian male tennis player Kyrgios at the US Open was behaving badly". Last month, French tennis star Alize Cornet got in trouble for taking her shirt off and wearing only her sports bra on top on the court for three seconds after she realized that she had put it on backwards.

She gave some of the same answers in a similar interview with Japan's NTV television. He stood in front of her, bouncing a ball on his racket and staring her down. In a true test of nerves, Osaka closed the set and the match to seal her victory.

Osaka made her title breakthrough in March when she won the Indian Wells event, beating Russian Daria Kasatkina 6-3 6-2. The Overwatch League is a professional tournament held for the video game Overwatch.

On Sunday, a day after the match, the tournament referee's office docked Williams US$10,000 for "verbal abuse" of chair umpire Carlos Ramos, US$4,000 for being warned for coaching, and US$3,000 for breaking her racket.

She smiled through the media pressure, which several newspapers have called a Japanese trait.

US Open Womens Single champion Naomi Osaka of Japan (L) with Serena Williams of the US during their Women's Singles Finals match at the 2018 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in NY on September 8, 2018. "She is at the forefront of the next generation in women's tennis, someone possessing quite a mixture of powerful serve and strokes, enviable court speed and a preternatural calm".

But her grandparents have now turned to support her.

During a changeover, Williams resumed her argument with the umpire, this time saying he was attacking her character and was a "thief".

"Since she's in Paris, she was showing me these random croissants and baguettes to try to take my mind off of it, and it kind of worked".