Serena Redux: Waiting to Exhale
Oxford University Press’s Academic Insights for the Thinking World
Tina K. Saks
October 9th, 2018

“By now, much has been written about the Serena Williams-Naomi Osaka-Carlos Ramos fiasco at the 2018 US Open. During the women’s final, the umpire, Carlos Ramos, issued Williams a warning for suspected coaching from her player’s box. When Williams strongly denied she was being coached, which is strictly prohibited in tennis, Ramos levied another penalty against her, stripping her of a single point. “