It was memorable because Williams was (rightfully) accused of cheating by receiving hand signals from her coach, putting her at an unfair advantage. Only it wasn’t memorable due to the display of tennis. Open final, which was the most memorable women’s tennis match in recent memory. The Semi-Final between Osaka and Williams was a rematch of the 2018 U.S. Or if Williams was to reach the final, it was unlikely that Brady or Muchova would be able to beat her. I coined this match as the real final because it was highly unlikely that either the USA’s Jenifer Brady or the Czech Republic’s Karolina Muchova, would be able to outclass the Japanese superstar and defend her consistently powerful, pin-point accurate groundstrokes. The only match of the tournament that Osaka entered without being the undisputed favorite to win, was the Semi-Final versus, Serena Williams. Muguruza was the only player at the tournament to give Osaka any trouble whatsoever, taking the first set, and losing the second and third by a score of (6-4, 4-6, 5-7.) Osaka comfortably won six out of seven matches in straight sets with the only player in the tournament to win a set against her being Spain’s Garbiñe Muguruza. Osaka’s road to her fourth Grand Slam championship didn’t seem to be a huge challenge for her. Open champion, a tournament which she has won twice.
Osaka already had one Australian Open title under her belt. Japan’s Naomi Osaka came into this tournament as an established hard-court player. But nonetheless, it was an exciting tournament that had two deserving champions: Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic. Unfortunately, there was a five-day period in the second week that saw the government impose a “snap lockdown” to combat COVID cases. They made all the difference in the world, creating an electric atmosphere. It seems like an eternity since I watched a live Grand Slam tournament with fans in the audience. For the past two weeks, I’ve been in the Australian time-zone, staying up until the early hours of the morning to see how the tournament unfolded. The first Grand-Slam of the tennis season is in the books.
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