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newyorker:

When the trophy presentation after the U.S. Open women’s final was announced, the crowd booed. It was an ugly sound, filling Arthur Ashe Stadium, ricocheting off the closed roof. The champion, Naomi Osaka, tugged her visor over her eyes and cried. It had been her dream to play Serena Williams in the final of the U.S. Open, and her dream to win. Her victory against Williams, on Saturday, was almost ruined by an umpire’s call. 

Photograph by Corinne Dubreuil/Sipa/AP.

What an ugly, vicious ending. The game should have been a pinnacle, and it turned into a mess.