For the first time in the United States Open, the trophy ceremony was drowned out by whistles and boos in support of the loser and against the champion.
Williams was cited by official Carlos Ramos for three code violations during her 6-2, 6-4 loss to Naomi Osaka in US Open finals.
Osaka grew up rooting for Serena Williams, even did a report on her way back in third grade. Her dream was to play Serena at the U.S. Open.
On Saturday, Williams will face No. 20 seed Osaka, a 20-year-old who is the first Japanese woman to reach a Grand Slam final.
Williams put aside some early shakiness and an early deficit, turning things around with an eight-game run en route to a 6-4, 6-3 victory over No. 8 seed Karolina Pliskova for a spot in the semifinals.
Serena equalled her most-lopsided victory against her sister with a 6-1, 6-2 rout in the third round of the U.S. Open.
Serena Williams set up the highly anticipated matchup at Flushing Meadows by hitting 13 aces and overwhelming 101st-ranked Carina Witthoeft of Germany.
Serena Williams scored a 6-4, 6-0 victory over 68th-ranked Magda Linette of Poland under the lights at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
If the sisters do play each other, the winner might face no. 1 ranked Simona Halep in the fourth round.
Federer and Williams were making their first appearance at the tournament since they each won the title in 2015. Williams opened with a straight-set victory against Daria Gavrilova.
Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam winner who returned to the tour this year after the birth of her first child, needed just 65 minutes to dispatch Gavrilova.
The 36-year-old, talked about in length what she has been going through since giving birth to her daughter, Alexis Olympia, who turns one this September.
Williams had moments of brilliant shot-making to win long rallies, then would put a drop shot into the net and sigh in disappointment.
Williams has complained before at being drug-tested more than other American tennis players this year.
The Rogers Cup is a tuneup for the US Open. Williams last played it in 2014, when she reached the semifinals. She won the event three times when it was played in Toronto.
Germany's Angelique Kerber kept world No.4, after having claimed the spot a week earlier thanks to her first-ever Wimbledon title victory.
This comes after Williams lost at the Wimbledon final to Germany's Angelique Kerber.
Angelique Kerber won her first Wimbledon championship by stopping Serena Williams' bid for a record-equaling 24th Grand Slam title.
Williams will face 11th-seeded Angelique Kerber, on Saturday in a rematch of the 2016 final at Wimbledon.
Serena Williams defeated Camila Giorgi of Italy 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to march into the Wimbeldon 2018 semis.
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