CONGRATULATIONS, NAOMI.
NO MORE BOOING.
>> AND U.S. OPEN CHAMP, NAOMI
OSAKA JOINS US NOW.
GOOD MORNING AND CONGRA
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR WIN.
YOU'RE THE U.S. OPEN CHAMP.
YOU'RE SO YOUNG.
FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW TENNIS
AS WELL AS OTHERS, YOU CAME OUT
FROM NOWHERE AND HAD THIS
INCREDIBLE TOURNAMENT.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING THIS
MORNING?
IS IT STILL SINKING IN?
>> I'VE NEVER BEEN ON A TALK
SHOW BEFORE, SO --
>> WE'RE YOU'RE FIRST?
>> YEAH.
>> I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.
IT STILL FEELS A LITTLE SURREAL.
I THINK IT'S SLOWLY SINKING IN.
>> I THINK WHAT WAS SO COOL,
WHEN YOU WERE IN THIRD GRADE,
YOU WROTE A PAPER ABOUT SOMEONE
YOU IDOLIZED AND THAT WAS SERENA
WILLIAMS.
YOU COLORED IT IN.
IT WAS A WHOLE THING.
HOW DID IT FEEL KNOWING YOU
WOULD BE PLAYING CENTER COURT
ACROSS FROM HER?
WHAT DID YOU SAY TO YOURSELF TO
GIVE YOU THE CONFIDENCE TO PLAY
THAT MATCH?
>> I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH.
I PLAYED HER ONCE BEFORE IN
MIAMI.
AND IT DIDN'T FEEL THAT REAL
BECAUSE IT WAS A GRAND SLAM THIS
TIME.
AND JUST WATCHING HER PLAY IN
GRAND SLAM FINALS BEFORE WHEN I
WAS A KID, IT FELT REALLY
DIFFERENT.
COMING INTO THIS MATCH I WAS
REALLY NERVOUS.
>> DID YOU THINK, THERE'S
SERENA.
OR DID YOU KEEP YOUR BRAIN
FOCUSED IN ANOTHER WAY?
>> WHEN I WAS, LIKE -- RIGHT
BEFORE I WAS WALKING ON TO THE
COURT, I WAS FREAKING OUT A
LITTLE BIT.
WHEN I WENT ON TO THE COURT, IT
DIDN'T FEEL LIKE SERENA.
IT FELT LIKE SHE WAS ANOTHER
PLAYER.
>> YOU HAD A GREAT MATCH AND A
GREAT TOURNAMENT.
PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT YOU
FOR TWO WEEKS AT THE U.S. OPEN.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SOME STUFF
WENT ON ON THE COURT DURING THE
MATCH.
I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE THE
OPPONENT.
YOU'RE SITTING THERE, TRYING TO
PLAY YOUR GAME.
WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR
MIND?
DID YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT WAS
HAPPENING BETWEEN SERENA AND THE
REF?
COULD YOU HEAR IT?
>> I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS
GOING ON BECAUSE I WENT TO THE
BACK AND I HAD MY BACK TURNED.
AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, HE WAS
SAYING THERE WAS A GAME PENALTY.
SO, I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING.
>> AND THERE WAS A CHORUS OF
BOOS TARGETED, I THINK, AT THE
UMPIRE.
BUT IN YOUR MIND, YOU DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
WHAT WERE YOU FEELING FROM THE
CROWD IN THOSE MOMENTS?
>> WELL, I FELT A LITTLE SAD
BECAUSE I WASN'T REALLY SURE IF
THEY WERE BOOING AT ME OR IT
WASN'T THE OUTCOME THAT THEY
WANTED.
AND I ALSO COULD SYMPATHIZE
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A FAN OF
SERENA MY WHOLE LIFE.
AND I KNEW THAT HOW BADLY THE
CROWD WANTED HER TO WIN.
I DON'T KNOW.
I WAS JUST REALLY EMOTIONAL UP
THERE.
>> IT WAS EMOTIONAL.
I MEAN, SIDE-BY-SIDE, THERE YOU
ARE.
THIS IS THE MOMENT OF YOUR
CAREER.
YOU'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THIS
SINCE YOU WERE 3 YEARS OLD.
AND THERE'S YOUR MOMENT.
AND EVERYBODY'S CRYING.
HOW DID YOU FEEL?
WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN SERENA
SAID, NAOMI, YOU DID IT?
THIS IS YOUR MOMENT.
>> I FELT REALLY HAPPY BECAUSE I
FELT LIKE SHE KNEW THAT I WAS
CRYING.
AND SHE WAS SAYING SOME THINGS
AND IT JUST MADE ME HAPPY
OVERALL.
>> ONE OF THE MOST POIGNANT
THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE
TROPHY CEREMONY.
THEY INTERVIEWED YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO PLAY A TINY BIT
OF IT.
I THINK IT STRUCK A LOT OF US.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> HOW DOES THE REALITY COMPARE
WITH THE DREAM?
>> I'M GOING TO SORT OF DIFFER
FROM YOUR QUESTION.
I'M SORRY.
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> I KNOW THAT EVERYONE WAS
CHEERING FOR HER AND I'M SORRY
IT HAD TO END LIKE THIS.
>> YOU SAID A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL
THINGS.
BUT YOU SORT OF APOLOGIZED FOR
DOING WHAT YOU HAD SET OUT TO DO
IN A WAY.
TELL US ABOUT THAT MOMENT.
>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST FELT LIKE EVERYONE WAS
SORT OF UNHAPPY UP THERE.
AND I KNOW THAT IT WASN'T
REALLY, LIKE -- THE ENDING
WASN'T HOW PEOPLE WANTED IT TO
BE.
IN MY DREAMS, I WON IN A VERY
TOUGH, COMPETITIVE MATCH.
I DON'T KNOW.
I FELT VERY EMOTIONAL.
AND I FELT LIKE I HAD TO
APOLOGIZE.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK NOW, AND NOW,
I'M SURE YOU'VE READ AND LEARNED
WHAT THIS CONTROVERSY WAS ABOUT,
DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT
WHETHER THE UMPIRE DID THE RIGHT
THING.
WHETHER SERENA DID THE RIGHT
THING?
NOW THAT YOU KNOW THE FACTS,
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT?
>> WELL, I'M NOT REALLY THAT
100% SURE BECAUSE I KIND OF
HAVEN'T REALLY HAD TIME TO LOOK
TOO MUCH AT THE NEWS.
AND I'VE BEEN, LIKE, GOING ALL
OVER THE PLACE.
>> YEAH.
>> SO, I CAN'T FORM AN OPINION.
I WANT TO WATCH EVERYTHING AND I
WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
THIS IS SORT OF ONE OF THE
BIGGEST THINGS THAT'S HAPPENED
TO ME.
>> CAN WE SHOUT OUT YOUR MOM WHO
IS