Osaka's awful revelation about controversial US Open final

Naomi Osaka has made a heartbreaking admission about her career-defining triumph at the US Open.

On Tuesday, Osaka admitted that winning the US Open was “bittersweet” and “not the happiest memory”, revealing that she’s been trying to forget about the victory.

The 20-year-old rising star from Japan stunned Serena Williams last month in a tempestuous final in which the American called chair umpire Carlos Ramos “a thief” and later accused him of sexism.

“There’s a lot of stuff I want to say about how I felt and whatever,” the World No.6 said.

Williams’s high-profile meltdown made headlines over Osaka’s feat in becoming the first Japanese to win a Grand Slam, although Osaka has declined to point the finger at the American great.

“For me, I don’t know, I don’t know, the memory of the US Open is a little bit bittersweet,” Osaka said.

“Right after, the day after, I really didn’t want to think about it because it wasn’t necessarily the happiest memory for me.

“I just sort of wanted to move on at that point.”

Speaking in Beijing, where Osaka powered into round two of the China Open with a dominant performance over Kazakh qualifier Zarina Diyas, the young Japanese light-heartedly compared her Grand Slam success to green-tea ice cream.

“When you bite into it, it’s sweet, but also very strong — that’s how that memory feels to me.

“Of course I’m happy that I won a Grand Slam, I don’t think there’s anything that can take away from that… but I feel like it was so strange, I didn’t just want to think about it.

“I wanted to just push it to the side.”

Osaka, who defeated Diyas 6-4, 6-3 despite not playing her best, faces unseeded American Danielle Collins next.

Stephens slams ‘f***ing b*tch opponent’

Sloane Stephens and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova have been involved in a crazy on-court spat, forcing the chair umpire to step in.

Umpire Jenny Zhang had to climb down off her chair and put herself between the two players to stop them from getting closer, as Stephens and Pavlyuchenkova jawed at each other and the umpire.

Stephens wasn’t impressed by the timing of a Pavlyuchenkova medical timeout, believing it was a tactical ploy to disrupt her momentum.

The confrontation between rounds eventually ended, but it continued on the court in the third set.

Stephens was up 3-0, and it looked like Pavlyuchenkova tried to hit Stephens with a late overhead smash during a volley.

Stephens knew what had happened, and you can see her say “f—–g b—h tried to hit me” once she won the point. Yikes.