Overview

• Osaka wrote on Instagram Threads that she had been “in a daze” and regretted not congratulating Mboko immediately after the Montreal final.
• Sam Querrey slammed her terse trophy-ceremony remarks as unprofessional and urged her to “act like an adult” during his Nothing Major podcast appearance.
• Rennae Stubbs claimed WTA supervisors spent 12 minutes retrieving Osaka after she left the court and refused to resume the ceremony.
• Andy Roddick defended Osaka’s brief speech by noting that other sports rarely force losing finalists into immediate post-match addresses.
• Victoria Mboko publicly respected Osaka’s choice, praised her performance and no formal disciplinary action has been announced as both prepare for New York.