Konta facing displinary action for angry outburst in Nottingham final

[Ronaldo]

Not true the Baseline is probably the easiest call from the Umpire Chair.

The Ball Was On The Line! Chalk flew up!

 

[reaper]

Not true the Baseline is probably the easiest call from the Umpire Chair.

I think it's a difficult one for the umpire to overrule. The ball looks long, but there's a puff of white dust flies up. That would make an umpire cautious about overruling.

 

[Purplemonster]

Konta was the same player that Nastase called her a ****ing b!tch in 2017 Fed Cup.

Wasn’t wrong

 

[CivicLx]

This is a comment on a YT video I watched,
"True Australian defeats traitorous Australian, who abdicated to Britain, on British soil, poetic justic really smirk"

lolol

 

[Rattler]

I think it's a difficult one for the umpire to overrule. The ball looks long, but there's a puff of white dust flies up. That would make an umpire cautious about overruling.

Calling on a grass court has its challenges yes, but she’s a professional umpire. An ITF Silver Badge, probably soon to be Gold. Meaning it may have more challenges than on a clay or hard court, but it’s her job, her profession. It requires an adjustment in technique. Surely she understood the score and where the match was at the time...4 all in the third with Barty serving at Ad point? Kind of a big point, time to really step your game up, make sure your technique is firing on all cylinders. Everyone should understand at that point the match was still very much in the air, but probably would be decided or momentum definitely shifted at the end of that game.

If she can’t do it, why is she there?

 

[Rattler]

The Ball Was On The Line! Chalk flew up!

Big difference on a calling on a court that is fairly fresh rather than one that has been played on for a week.

Besides they don’t use chalk...

 

[ADuck]

This is why it is so hard for the British fans to fully get behind her, she is either so robotic in play & interviews, crying like a baby or whining in her Aussie accent about some perceived injustice. Britain likes gallant losers who show decorum.

To me she sounds British. Maybe it's a fake British accent though

 

[Rogerjohnson81]

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[reaper]

Calling on a grass court has its challenges yes, but she’s a professional umpire. An ITF Silver Badge, probably soon to be Gold. Meaning it may have more challenges than on a clay or hard court, but it’s her job, her profession. It requires an adjustment in technique. Surely she understood the score and where the match was at the time...4 all in the third with Barty serving at Ad point? Kind of a big point, time to really step your game up, make sure your technique is firing on all cylinders. Everyone should understand at that point the match was still very much in the air, but probably would be decided or momentum definitely shifted at the end of that game.

If she can’t do it, why is she there?

It's an important part of the match so the umpire should be concentrating but considerations around momentum swings etc are irrelevant. If the umpire is certain the ball was out they should overrule, if they think there's any chance it caught the back edge of the line they shouldn't.

 

[mellowyellow]

If Serena tried to chop down an umpires chair with her racket( pliskova) people would be calling for her to be banned from tennis. I just love the double standards in this game. Its even worse when it comes to how men act on court compared to women to.

Everything you post is just about useless. Pliskova was screwed, she knew she was screwed over by a lazy pos Umpire. Serena outburst have been her creation and her own doing, HUGE DIFFERENCE.

 

[PBODY99]

Tough line call on worn grass. Did not hear anything that should be remembered, let alone fined.

 

[I Am Finnish]

She was right tho the ball was out

 

[Bartelby]

Nastase's views were also objectionable whereas here it is only the manner of expression that is a problem.

I'm afraid your views unacceptable.

Bad language is not accepted in public in almost any culture let alone at an event which is not age-restricted.

Konta has a history of being a crybaby and her criticism of nastase at the fed cup comes back to bite her. She criticized nastase for his speech and now she faces consequences for her’s. I think on a fundamental level people have a right to express themselves and this includes sport. In nascar, drivers were fined for speaking out about safety issues on a track. That’s absurd. In tennis players should have a right to criticize umpires and line judges. If they want to make an ass of themselves so be it. But punishing a player for being angry and challenging the umpire is unacceptable.

 

[Tennis_Hands]

Konta has a history of being a crybaby and her criticism of nastase at the fed cup comes back to bite her. She criticized nastase for his speech and now she faces consequences for her’s. I think on a fundamental level people have a right to express themselves and this includes sport. In nascar, drivers were fined for speaking out about safety issues on a track. That’s absurd. In tennis players should have a right to criticize umpires and line judges. If they want to make an ass of themselves so be it. But punishing a player for being angry and challenging the umpire is unacceptable.

It is Nastase's fault.

He used foul language, and she subconsciously remembered that that is what remedies the situation.

"Where is Nastase?" I ask

 

[Mr.Lob]

No suspension. No fine. Rather tame compared to some of the things SERENA has said to chair umpires...which received no reprimand.

 

[Rafa's OCD]

not much of anything happened in that video apart from Konta getting angry she lost a point after a ball likely caught a sliver of the baseline

 

[PMChambers]

If she can’t do it, why is she there

No her job is to call obvious error. Errors where she believes it's 100% incorrect, not likely or probably. Looked long but when chalk flies it's hard to call. She has a bad view anyway hard to see green between the ball and line from seat.
PS except my bro who once argued the exact same, except the 3 others saw it land on the line and you can get a little depression where it hits a solid line. We let him win out of humour as not competition match.

 

[PMChambers]

Hope she didn't say F Me else it might be taken the wrong way.
I don't really like Ashes game but it's like an old school annoying grass game. The sort you see from players who couldn't S&V OR S&H&V. So I suppose I should commend it as most of the chicks play a slow surface style game on grass.

 

[Rattler]

It's an important part of the match so the umpire should be concentrating but considerations around momentum swings etc are irrelevant. If the umpire is certain the ball was out they should overrule, if they think there's any chance it caught the back edge of the line they shouldn't.

She turned her head late, she didn’t see the ball. She missed the call, period. Konta even pointed out that this chair in particular has a pattern of mistakes.

 

[Rattler]

No her job is to call obvious error. Errors where she believes it's 100% incorrect, not likely or probably. Looked long but when chalk flies it's hard to call. She has a bad view anyway hard to see green between the ball and line from seat.
PS except my bro who once argued the exact same, except the 3 others saw it land on the line and you can get a little depression where it hits a solid line. We let him win out of humour as not competition match.

I disagree, she missed the call, she didn’t see it, period.

 

[Rattler]

No suspension. No fine. Rather tame compared to some of the things SERENA has said to chair umpires...which received no reprimand.

No fine because the Chair Umpire didn’t see the ball.

 

[ChaelAZ]

She is such a primodonna and this doesn't surprise me one bit. She is mentally weak and goes off on everything that doesn't favor her.

 

[Terenigma]

Good. I'm glad this stupid snowflake is getting punished for this, at least she didn't break down and cry this time. She is the ultimate drama queen and even tho she was (imo) right about the call. I honestly have no sympathy for her anymore because of her history of being a whiner.

 

[JMR]

Johanna Konta is facing disciplinary action after a heated outburst after she lost out to Ashleigh Barty 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the final of the Nature Valley Open in Nottingham. The Australian born player ...

LOL! Second sentence of the article. Almost a literal example of the No True Scotsman fallacy is implied here -- No True Briton would have behaved in such a shameful manner!

The report also reminds me of the Andy Murray British/Scottish index, although supposedly this has been debunked. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/nov/24/andy-murray-scottish-british-tennis.

 

[tenisdecente]

The redaction of this post seems suspect for me, probably a bad translation.
Now in topic, it was an outburst but not as bad as some others, so maybe a little fine could apply since you cannot challenge umpires every time you think calls are not fair, otherwise things can get ugly week in week out. Now in a personal level, I cannot stand her after that Fed Cup meltdown, and some karma was here to bite back her. She is not very likable at all

 

[MatsPhilander]

Tough line call on worn grass. Did not hear anything that should be remembered, let alone fined.

Giving lip to the umpire & refusing to shake their hand should be an automatic fine & suspension. These people have to remember they are supposed to be setting an example for the youngsters watching. They are called professionals, they are paid like professionals, so they should conduct themselves in a professional manner. Expecting an umpire to be right 100% of the time, or to be overruling the lines-people is ridiculous, the players all make multiple errors every match, to expect the umpires to be any different is ludicrous.

 

[MatsPhilander]

The redaction of this post seems suspect for me, probably a bad translation.
Now in topic, it was an outburst but not as bad as some others, so maybe a little fine could apply since you cannot challenge umpires every time you think calls are not fair, otherwise things can get ugly week in week out. Now in a personal level, I cannot stand her after that Fed Cup meltdown, and some karma was here to bite back her. She is not very likable at all

Challenging umpires is a waste of time-they are not going to overturn their decision regardless of if you are number 500 in the world or Serena/Fed. All it is is total petulance & in this case from somebody who as her press conference tirade recently showed is unable to cope with the reality that she will only achieve a certain level in the game, so her frustrations rather than being on herself where they should be will instead be put on the media, the officials, the coaching staff etc. Also it was more like an obnoxious teacher talking down to one of their pupils in a very prolonged, self centered & whiny way-so it comes off even worse than it would normally with just glaring or having a few words.

 

[MatsPhilander]

Good. I'm glad this stupid snowflake is getting punished for this, at least she didn't break down and cry this time. She is the ultimate drama queen and even tho she was (imo) right about the call. I honestly have no sympathy for her anymore because of her history of being a whiner.

 

[tenisdecente]

Giving lip to the umpire & refusing to shake their hand should be an automatic fine & suspension. These people have to remember they are supposed to be setting an example for the youngsters watching. They are called professionals, they are paid like professionals, so they should conduct themselves in a professional manner. Expecting an umpire to be right 100% of the time, or to be overruling the lines-people is ridiculous, the players all make multiple errors every match, to expect the umpires to be any different is ludicrous.

100% agree with this

 

[mbm0912]

She said absolutely nothing inappropriate. Just the same, I'll give her a spanking.