Serena Williams insists: I don’t understand what Patrick Mouratoglou was talking about
Serena Williams has again offered a different opinion than Patrick Mouratoglou about the coaching incident during the US Open final.
The 23-time Grand Slam winner was given a code violation for coaching by Mouratoglou during her match against Naomi Osaka at Flushing Meadows.
The incident sparked a storm as Williams denied she was being coached and later smashed her racket in anger, which resulted in another code violation. She was then also given a game penalty after she accused chair umpire Carlos Ramos of being a “thief” and a “liar”.
Williams later claimed the incident smacked of sexism, but after the match Mouratoglou admitted that he was coaching.
Patrick Mouratoglu admits to coaching Serena Williams in US Open final defeat.https://t.co/fS0BWmCVDD
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However, the American has again denied that they have “signals”.
“He said he made a motion,” she told Australia’s The Sunday Project in an interview that is set to air next week. “I don’t understand what he was talking about. We’ve never had signals.”
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