Frances Tiafoe SHINES at U.S. Open While Naomi Osaka Fails on Court and Displays Ridiculous Outfits

I have a word to say about the US Open. First of all, congratulations to Blake Shelton in an epic match against Carlos Alcaraz last night, went five hours. It ended at 3.33 in the morning. People who were there were asking, we had a friend who said I'm waiting for them to start serving breakfast. The US Open so far has been really entertaining, I have to say. And that match between Tiafoe and the young guy Mikkelsen, who is only 22 years old. Mikkelsen, who was unranked, and Tiafoe, I think, is number nine in the world, who was beating Tiafoe. Tiafoe's down, I think, 2-0. It was crazy, this relative no-name, unranked at 22 years old, comes on the scene and was beating him, and it was a match to the finish. I mean, five sets, could have gone either way. And in the moment when Tiafoe did win, the poor kid, they had their sort of greeting at the net, and he broke down in tears. 22 is young, in the grand scheme, and I'm sure the emotions were overwhelming. And the two of them shared an emotional hug at center court that was really moving. And I've gotta hand it to the announcers. The one guy said, sports, let's watch. That is extra special for Francis Tiafoe. And it's a big brother moment, Mikkelsen in tears in Francis' arms. Sports, man. I love that, sports, man. It was such a great moment, such a feel-good moment. Tiafoe, who has a great backstory of his own, he manages to pull it out, and he's about to celebrate. And then he remembers he should go to the center court and have a moment with his competitor. And clearly, that competitor needed him. He looked up to Tiafoe, we were told by the sports reporters. And of course he did. I mean, Tiafoe's very well-known. He's been in sport a long time. And clearly was overcome with emotion. My whole family plays tennis. I don't play tennis. But it really is two gladiators going at it against each other. There's no other teammate to blame. There is no place to hide. It is just the two of you on that court, win, lose, or draw. And your fortunes rise and fall so quickly. The emotional swings are huge. It builds so much character. This is one of the things I see in my own kids, being out there fighting for it against all odds. And at times, losing sometimes in humiliating fashion builds character. Winning, trying to be a gentleman or a lady in the case builds character. But that poor guy, I mean, he has nothing to hang his head over, this Mickelson. He was, I think, going to the University of Georgia to play tennis there, and then decided to try his hand at the pro circuit. And what a run it's been. Been doing amazing. And almost beat Tiafoe to move on to the semis. And couldn't quite hold it together, which I thought was very sweet and an emotional moment that really moved me. So good for both of those guys. We'll be rooting for them both. Though I don't think Tiafoe's favored to get into the final against Blake Shelton. 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Here's one other thing I wanted to mention, Naomi Osaka. All right, she and I have gone round and round. A couple years ago, she chastised a reporter for having the nerve to ask her about the fact that she doesn't perform as well on clay. She had some meltdown on him, like he was doing something inappropriate. Then she said she wasn't gonna do press anymore. She doesn't wanna do the press because she's sick and tired of being asked about things that aren't good for her, things that bring down the room. Well, that's, sorry, but that's, they're there on behalf of us. The reporters are in the room to ask questions that their news organizations think the general public might have some interest in, and why you don't perform as well on clay as you're going to the French Open would be a relevant question. But unlike all the other players, she refused to engage. She had a meltdown that she said it was about her mental health, and she shouldn't have to answer the questions. Every other player has mental health too. They have to worry about it, they have to manage it. It goes up, it goes down, they're under tense circumstances. They get asked annoying questions. They do it. They do it because it's part of the price of admission. The access by the fans to the players generates interest and puts butts in the seats at the stadiums, which generates ticket sales, which is what pays you the big prize money when you win. And when you win, you get endorsement deals, and you become a multimillionaire like Naomi Osaka has. And then you repay it by giving a few questions to what can be sometimes annoying questions, I'm sure, a few answers to those, and you deal with your very pesky public. Instead, she, through her agent, called this one reporter for, I think it was the Cincinnati Inquirer, a bully, simply because he said, how do you balance the two things? You want sort of privacy on these press conferences, but you work with the press, and you use the press to build your brand. It was a very gentle question. She later, through her agent, called him a bully. This guy probably makes $60,000 a year. You can add two or three zeros to that for what Naomi Osaka has made. She plays for Japan, by the way, not us. So she now comes out. All right, so she hasn't been in good sports since then. Just last summer, we played video of her. She pulled out of the French Open after she refused to do those interviews. She wanted us to know. She has anxiety and depression. I mean, welcome to the club. A lot of people do, and they still do their jobs. Then the following June, she skipped out on Wimbledon. Okay, but let's flash forward to last August of 2025, where she was at the National Bank Open in Montreal. She was fighting against a gal from Canada, Victoria Mboko, and Victoria beat her. It was an upset, and it was surprising, and this gal looked up to Naomi, and Naomi didn't congratulate her after the losing match. Remember this? I don't really want to take up too much time, so I'll just say thank you to everyone. Thank you to my team. Thank you to the ball kids. Thank you to the organizers and all the volunteers, and I hope you guys had a good night. Not a word about her opponent, not a congratulatory word, nothing, nothing. Even Coco Gauff's former coach, Brad Gilbert, acknowledged it and laid into her, saying, look, she may suffer with social anxiety, but gosh, congratulate your opponent, especially one that looked up to you. So this is not somebody who's handled her time in the spotlight well. I believe, if memory serves, she later came out and said, oh, sorry, I forgot to thank her. So now we get to this year's Open. Her thing this year is to walk out onto the tennis court. And by the way, notwithstanding how she, she really doesn't want to deal with the press during the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020. Oh, she was all about BLM. She made that very clear on the tennis court and off. So she's fine using the media for that messaging. But when we have to talk about why she's not a great clay player, it's intrusive and bullying. So now we get to this year's US Open, and she's had a comeback after having a child, good for her. Applaud it, respect it. And she's decided that she is an Anna Wintour protege. Look at her walking out and the round one entrance wearing Who Decides War, that's the name of the designer, in this match here. Watch this, it's on August 31st, top 36. She's got her sour push with what looks like a Bride of Frankenstein wedding dress on. She looks like someone ran over her cat, but she's in what she considers to be high fashion. It's a tennis game, madam. She's now on the middle of the court bouncing, holding her racket. The other player looks like an athlete having to deal with this nonsense, exhibitionism. I thought we struggled with social anxiety. I thought we couldn't deal with cameras or attention. Because of this woman, they had to create some special like anxiety room at all the grand slams where the tournament players could go and like be alone with their shrinks. This is, okay, but now we're gonna be a fashionista? All right, now suddenly we're Linda Evangelista? Naomi Campbell? I don't know. Then here she is, look at this, rounds two, three, and four. And she did it again on all of them, top 37. And today returns as a four-time major champion from Japan, Naomi Osaka. Each one is more ridiculous than the rest. Well, and guess what happened? She lost because eventually she came up against the world's number two player who was focused on tennis instead of herself and she was beaten roundly. It was a decisive victory. And she's now out of the US Open. So I am just curious about whether we are now at a place where we're allowed to comment on Naomi Osaka again? Is she courting the press again? Because when she said she wasn't, she was on four magazine covers. And when some of us remarked on it, she snapped back saying, I did those before, before I spoke out against media coverage. But I sense that she wants attention again. So I'm willing to give it to her. And I want her to know that I think just based on what I've seen from other pro tennis players, the best thing to do when performing at a Grand Slam tournament is to focus on the tennis, to dress like a professional tennis player and to focus on one's game because you were a disaster in that last match that you lost. You looked like an amateur, especially in that first set. And it was no surprise to any of us watching that you failed to make it, you failed to advance. So goodbye, Naomi. Good luck to you. I really hope you're working out your issues and that you've moved beyond the petty behavior we saw from you last year and the year before that and the one before that, one before that. Anyway, go Team America. Thanks for watching this clip. If you're new here, subscribe. We got a whole lot more goodness where that came from. Would love to hear your feedback. You can email me too, Megan, M-E-G-Y-N at megankelley.com or just leave a comment below, but join the community by becoming a subscriber. We really, really value your input and your support. You may not always agree, but we are always gonna talk about it and respect. No BS, no agenda, no fear.