NEW YORK -- Everyone got robbed. The players, the crowd, the fans watching at home.
The Serena Williams-Naomi Osaka US Open final was supposed to be a heavyweight boxing match between two of the hardest-striking players in the game. For both women, history was at stake. On the line for Williams was a 24th Grand Slam title and her first since becoming a mom. Twenty-year-old Osaka, the first Japanese player to make the final of a major, was attempting to win her first Slam -- against the woman who inspired her to play the game.