{"id":457867,"date":"2019-07-10T13:20:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T13:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=457867"},"modified":"2025-07-17T17:13:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:13:15","slug":"serena-williams-sought-therapy-after-u-s-open-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=457867","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams sought therapy after U.S. Open meltdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Serena Williams has issued a heartfelt apology for her outburst at the 2018 United States Open Tennis Championships. <\/p>\n

The tennis superstar suffered a meltdown during the final game of the tournament last September when she lost her cool and verbally attacked chair umpire Carlos Ramos after he accused her of cheating and receiving signals from her coach in the stands. <\/p>\n

The pair\u2019s war of words disrupted Serena\u2019s final set against Naomi Osaka for 15 minutes, as she raged at the umpire and called out the sexism in the sport, and he deducted a point and then a game from the tennis star. <\/p>\n

In an emotional letter published in the August issue of Harper\u2019s Bazaar magazine, 37-year-old Williams laments what should have been an \u201camazing and historic\u201d match. <\/p>\n

\u201cNot only was a game taken from me but a defining, triumphant moment was taken from another player,\u201d she writes. \u201cI couldn\u2019t find peace. I started seeing a therapist. I was searching for answers.\u201d <\/p>\n

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The seven-time Wimbledon champion admits she didn\u2019t return to the court until she wrote to Osaka that she was \u201ctruly sorry\u201d \u2014 but insists she \u201cthought I was doing the right thing in sticking up for myself.\u201d <\/p>\n