Serena Williams' coach said he WAS coaching her, as tennis stars comes under fire for US Open final meltdown
Serena Williams' coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, has said that he did coach the tennis superstar during her US Open final match with 20-year-old Naomi Osaka but also mentioned that he believes she did not see him coaching which is why she had her outburst at the umpire during the match. Williams has caused quite a stir after she had a heated argument with umpire Carlos Ramos for giving her a coaching violation in the second set of the match. The tennis star was subsequently docked a point after she smashed her racket and then proceeded to tell the umpire that she would rather lose a match than cheat. Mouratoglou said after the game: "I'm honest, I was coaching. I don't think she looked at me, so that's why she didn't even think I was."
The coach then claimed that Sascha Bajin, Naomi Osaka's coach, had also been "coaching every point too". He told ESPN in an interview: "I was, like 100 percent of the coaches in 100 percent of the matches, so we have to stop this hypocritical thing. Sascha was coaching every point too. It's strange that this chair umpire was the chair umpire of most of the finals of Rafa [Nadal] and [his uncle] Toni's coaching every single point and he never gave a warning so I don't really get it."