"Overconfidence bias is the tendency people have to be more confident in their own abilities, such as driving, teaching, or spelling, than is objectively reasonable."
Thanks, I went back and looked and paused on the shot showing the ball mark; and you are completely correct there isn't another ball mark even close to it and this one is clearly 1/2 on the line at least so it's clearly good. So I was giving the umpire the benefit of the doubt thinking that she picked the wrong mark which can and does happen occasionally, but definitely not in this case because she pointed directly to the mark in question; she need to be removed from WTA officiating. Appreciate your correction on my post. It's also sad IMHO that Toth did not concede the point or even taken some effort to get to the truth about it ... so even if it isn't technically her "job" to make the call; it is in the best interest of the game to be a good sport and clearly she didn't care about the truth enough to even take a look at the ball mark until after it was all over and then she went to erase it seeing that it was clearly in. So she'll have to live with that one.
The ironic and truly sad part in all of this is how the WTA is trying to underscore the mental strain that many of these women face on the tour, the pressure they have to deal with etc. Look at what Zhang had to deal with here ... she must have felt the whole world was against her ... that she was living in an alternate reality ... and everyone was against her and she was standing up against these idiots and then she broke down ... it's so cruel and sad. Nice job, WTA. This definitely needs to be investigated and corrected. Players are at risk.
I appreciate your points, tone, and perspective. I'd offer a counterpoint which is the NBA.
The NBA used to be about brute strength basketball. Strong men, strong moves.
Then they changed the rules and the game became more about finesse and quickness. High skill players were able to move unimpeded by hand-checks and career endangering flagrant fouls.
Now the NBA is defined by horrendous calls, bizarre rule interpretations, and players flopping. It's often difficult to watch.
To me, it was a long, slippery decline that led the NBA to this place of absolute absurdity - and it started with players whining.
At first they whined, then they embellished, then they acted, and now rarely does a play pass without someone on the floor acting injured - only to jump up, miraculously cured to complain about how they didn't get the call.
Giving in to player protests can lead to some horrible consequences down the road. It's like the hen pecked husbands you see and go "how the heck did it get to the point where his wife is able to be such a horrible human being with absolute impunity?"
Both stories often start with a few well placed tantrums.