HARLOW: All right, so this morning, Serena Williams is fined as the tennis world and beyond battle what she calls blatant sexism after she lost the U.S. Open final to Japan's Naomi Osaka. Williams was fined $17,000 for three-code violations, and it has caused an uproar in the tennis world and far beyond. Here is what happened. She was warned by the chair umpire Carlos Ramos after he said that her coach was giving her hand signals from the stands which is considered illegal coaching. She said that wasn't the case at all, she later slammed her racket in frustration, that was another automatic violation. And because of the earlier strike against her, she was deducted a point, well, that led to this.</s>SERENA WILLIAMS, TENNIS PLAYER: I have never cheated in my life! I have a daughter and I stand what's right for her and I've never cheated. You owe me an apology! You're a thief, too.</s>HARLOW: Serena was watching her coach give her hand signals. So she screamed I would never have cheated, she called the ump a thief, she was penalized an entire game for what the ump said was verbal abuse. She lost what could have been her 24th Grand Slam title. After the match, Serena claimed a double standard, she said a male player would never have been treated this way.</s>WILLIAMS: I'm here fighting for women's rights and for women's equality, and for all kinds of stuff --
Serena Williams Fined $17,000 for Code Violations; Serena Williams Accuses Umpire for Sexism After Game Penalty