(CNN) — Carlos Ramos will not serve as chair umpire for any Serena Williams or Venus Williams matches at the 2019 US Open, also a United States Tennis Association spokesman told CNN on Wednesday.
Ramos has been the chair umpire for last year’s volatile US Open women’s singles final between Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams. Controversy overshadowed it, although Even a Osaka awakens against her idol 6-2 to win with her first important.
Serena Williams battled with Ramos, culminating when he docked her a game for calling him a”thief.” Around Arthur Ashe Stadium, while Osaka recognized the trophy, boos rang after the game. Osaka wept.
Both players have suffered from accidents but remain in the singles draw of the usa Open women. Osaka, currently the top-ranked player on earth, will have the No. 1 seed. Serena Williams is . Venus Williams is unseeded.
Whilst drama is scheduled to start Monday the draw will be declared on Thursday.
Before this season, Serena Williams has been forced to retire at the Rogers Cup final in Toronto following four matches against Canada’s Bianca Andreescu because of issue. Last week the injury kept her from tournament action in the Southern & Western Open in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio.
Meanwhile, the Osaka retired in the quarterfinals of Cincinnati, throughout her final game against American Sofia Kenin, because of a knee injury.
Osaka and Serena Williams have performed since that match, together with all the winning 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals in Toronto.
Is looking for a record 24th singles title, linking her with Margaret Court for the most time, and her first since the 2017 Australian Open, when she had been pregnant. That win came from Venus Williams.
The first player to win a major singles title, osaka, included a grand slam trophy this year after she won the Australian Open.
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Chair umpire Carlos Ramos will not work US Open matches that have Serena or Venus Williams