Mariana Alves to be the women's singles finals chair umpire

[woodrow1029]

Mariana Alves (POR) will be the chair umpire for the women's singles finals at Wimbledon 2010.

 

[rnrockz1]

Mariana Alves (POR) will be the chair umpire for the women's singles finals at Wimbledon 2010.

Omg thats awesome!! *rolls eyes*.

 

[muddlehead]

check her fine work

during this serena match. i became a serena fan because of the way she handled herself that day. if the link doesn't connect, just youtube serena bad calls vs capriati 2004

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtkKdCeQgQM

 

[egn]

I am actually now going to watch the match. Lmao. Maybe we will actually get to see Serena ram a ball down an umpires throat this time around..

 

[jmverdugo]

OMG! I cant bet you a house that she will not over rule a call even if is missed by a mile.

woodrow1029, how s this selected? It seems like they are trying to make a point or something.

 

[Tanya]

At least now we have hawk eye to expose Mariana's stupidity.

 

[egn]

during this serena match. i became a serena fan because of the way she handled herself that day. if the link doesn't connect, just youtube serena bad calls vs capriati 2004

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtkKdCeQgQM

That was the worst officiated match ever and honestly it stole that major from serena.

 

[SoBad]

Serena's old nemesis will get a shot at it once again!

 

[egn]

Serena will be very careful when to challenge..

 

[Tanya]

Serena will be very careful when to challenge..

I think Mariana will be even more careful when to overrule...

 

[SoBad]

Serena will be very careful when to challenge..

She might as well play it safe and save her challenges for when the call is off by a foot or two.

 

[powerangle]

At least this lady isn't the line judge.

 

[pvaudio]

Oh god, not her. We can only assume that all balls that are called out are in, and anything within a foot of the line should be challenged if she overrules it.

 

[egn]

She might as well play it safe and save her challenges for when the call is off by a foot or two.

Can you overrule hawkeye challenges? If so I think things might just get crazy lol.

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

I guess memories really are short, I wonder how Serena feels about this...probably not good for Vera, an even more fired up Serena if she wasn't angry already about Bepa and Vesnina taking them out of dubs, now Alves as chair. Wimby must really want this final to be short! :lol:

 

[Tanya]

Wimby must really want this final to be short! :lol:

There's probably rain scheduled later in the afternoon and they want the match to be over before 3pm. :-o

 

[Sentinel]

For those of us with selective amnesia, could someone elaborate.

Is she the one who umpired the match when Serena foot faulted her way out of USO.

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

For those of us with selective amnesia, could someone elaborate.

Is she the one who umpired the match when Serena foot faulted her way out of USO.

Muddlehead posted the youtube link. The Capriati-Serena USO QF 04 w/ some of the worst overrules in tennis history. This was the straw that broke the camel's back for hawkeye to be installed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtkKdCeQgQM

 

[Bud]

At least this lady isn't the line judge.

Nice cankles!

 

[pvaudio]

Seriously, what were they thinking? That woman needed to be fired immediately after that match and never be allowed to chair a pro level tournament again. Honestly, if I were Capriati, I wouldn't even be able to celebrate that win. That shows a lot about your character if you're not wanting to still play fair tennis when clearly the officiating is garbage.

 

[kanamit]

LOL! I love how Woodrow posted this. A one-line announcement in the subject and first post, with no additional commentary.