metsman
G.O.A.T.
yeah so if you want to say he's too sensitive, fine, don't bring up Bernardes
Serena Williams
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markwillplay
Hall of Fame
No he did not. All she had to do was move on.She had her say about cheating he agreed with her and they could have moved on. He had no reason to apologize to her for calling her Coach out for coaching which he admitted to doing. Shut your hole
SavvyStringer
Professional
Clearly you’re right and I’m wrong. You probably also call a holding penalty on every college and pro football snap and a travel on every dunk in the nba. Some rules matter more than others. Officials need to know their place. Osaka was pummeling her. It was apparent to everyone watching Osaka was on fire and Serena didn’t have it today. All the penalties and the arguing did was detract from Osaka’s moment.
The Green Mile
Bionic Poster
Mine doesn't really either lol...
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G.O.A.T.
Nonsense. NY is in America. It's been heah for yeeeaz. So is Louisiana, even though people think it ain't. Same with SF. Berkeley. Texas. The flyova states. All America. Big, diverse, scary country. United States. Not divided. Not polarized. Not separatist.
You know what is not American? To call a major part of America unAmerican. Why? Because they disagree with your politics? They have a strange accent? Too many damn forriners? They took yer jaabz?
NY is the hometown of the American dream to a LOT of people over the past few generations.
Dissent is patriotic.
NY is America.
Yeah, some social justice warriors need to gain perspective.
But some of you might need to remember some history.
You know what is not American? To call a major part of America unAmerican. Why? Because they disagree with your politics? They have a strange accent? Too many damn forriners? They took yer jaabz?
NY is the hometown of the American dream to a LOT of people over the past few generations.
Dissent is patriotic.
NY is America.
Yeah, some social justice warriors need to gain perspective.
But some of you might need to remember some history.
estigma2001
Hall of Fame
The World against the True GOAT!!!
I don't think anyone is defending Serena calling the umpire a thief.
But your point is a good one.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the hand gesture was not enough to warrant a coaching violation. Maybe if he was displaying suspicious gestures structurally over the course of the match, a coaching violation is definitely necessary. But here? Just a small, "come on" gesture. (or whatever he meant by it.. come forward? Dunno.)That's nothing. Has as much significance as a fist pump.
deaner2211
Semi-Pro
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
I was about to write the same thing.
justasport
Professional
No she's not
Djokodal Fan
Hall of Fame
Serena deserves a match penalty for her act. Ramos did what he is supposed to do. He was being linient
tennisaddict
Bionic Poster
Players need to know rules need to be followed
Just because You didn’t get a Speedibg ticket yesterday does not mean you can’t get one today
And usually, in that case, the chair will tell the player on a changeover and he sees some ambiguous gestures from the player's box and if he suspects that it's coaching he'll have to call it. Serena's coach is right in that coaching on some level happens pretty much in every match. For it to be called it usually has to be blatant or ongoing despite warnings.
Ann
Hall of Fame
Is there anyone specifically that this weak little rant is directed at or are you just sitting on your porch in your underwear shaking your fist at the sky?
parvasedpotens
Rookie
We never played, but I hit with her once. Didn't talk to me, but not surprising as my English was not nuanced at that time (early 00s).
MRfStop
Hall of Fame
And she still hasn’t been apologized to!
Man of steel
Hall of Fame
Why not. He's an official is he not?
Who's supposed to enforce the rules.. or so I've been told.
And didn't the William sisters succesfully ban another empire from their matches (at one of the Masters I think) because he dared to call against them. Nadal has done this too.
This entitled arrogant players need to be taught a lesson. Anyone who dares to defend Serena for her behavior is so wrong. She's arrogant and thinks she should get special treatment - does she not realize both players are female, only an idiot would resort to the 'sexism' excuse.
This entitled arrogant players need to be taught a lesson. Anyone who dares to defend Serena for her behavior is so wrong. She's arrogant and thinks she should get special treatment - does she not realize both players are female, only an idiot would resort to the 'sexism' excuse.
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G.O.A.T.
Yeah. They were rooting for the familiar. The one in the ads. The one hollywood and madison avenue told them to like.
Nasty business.
Osaka, well done. You're a gutsy athlete.
JoelDali
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Tennisgods
Hall of Fame
Whatever. What’s beyond debate is her disgusting behaviour. I’ve heard every excuse in the book for her vile rants, but we need to be clear. Nothing that happens on a tennis court justifies haranguing the umpire like that. Nothing.
It would be interesting to get the umpires view on what happened. For me, it wasn’t the thief comment that was the issue, more the fact that she was in the umpires face with no let up for about a minute. I would have used any code of conduct I could to penalise her. WTF gives her the right.
sovertennis
Professional
Yes, then he said that Sasha B had been coaching Naomi, and every other coach does it too. Self apologist excuse.
I don't envy his after match discussion with Serena.
justasport
Professional
I disagree. She's lucky he didn't kick her ass off the court!! AWFUL behavior from Serena!!!!
tennisaddict
Bionic Poster
Did you watch Patrick ? With both hands he was asking her to move forward
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
then why do we even have tournament Refrees ?? are they useless ?
metsman
G.O.A.T.
He did not issue a game penalty just for thief. He issued a code violation because of Serena repeatedly mouthing off at him on changeovers, thief was just one thing she said. That code violation per the rules led to the game penalty. Either argue that umpires should ease off when issuing subsequent violations, or that he shouldn't have issued a violation for Serena repeatedly insulting him/mouthing off, not on one occasion, but multiple. Neither of those two arguments has much, if any, weight. The chair ump isn't really in the wrong here and you have to really build some bridges to think he is.
Ann
Hall of Fame
I will totally accept that. I turned off the TV when the match was over because I was a little sick at everything I just saw. I was basing the booing comments on what the posters here were saying, including one dude who was actually there and "reporting live".
FD3S
Hall of Fame
I can't recall them during the presentation, but in the immediate aftermath both Fowler and Evert were taking great, great pains to point out how well Osaka played during the match and how what happened shouldn't overshadow her tournament; honestly, it sounded like they genuinely meant every word. Surprisingly Evert of all people seemed more than okay with the first coaching violation; when Shriver was saying that she wouldn't have penalized her, Chrissie was very adamant on how she did think that there was a coaching gesture made.
They didn't come down on Serena at any point, but that's not surprising. Their audible respect for Osaka's play was refreshing to hear, though.
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
deaner2211
Semi-Pro
And the brought up the Clijsters, and Stosur matches but they didnt say anything about the match when she played Capriati and the lines people along with the umpire kept calling Serena's shots out when they were clearly in.
Minnas
New User
So you automatically go to sexism? How about there being different umpires? How about different situations? Nope it was definitely because Ramos hates women. You guys seem to imagine him up there plotting away at what he can do to women next. There were also other Serena matches where she’s gotten away with a hell of a lot btw.
Good point. I think that Capriati match was the impetus for what happened with Clijsters and then later with Stosur to be honest.
That said, Serena really needs to work on not letting things get to her at the US Open. It never works out in her favor when she loses her cool. But I am sure that's much easier said than done.
I will say watching my daughter play as a junior and then in college, you really can have so much stronger emotions that you would expect. And I am sure it is exponentially greater for the actual player and exponentially greater for a pro player on a world stage.
sovertennis
Professional
Verbatim. She could have meant that no one wanted all the drama, but she seemed to be saying that the outcome everyone wanted was a Serena win.
Katrina looked like she would have preferred to be anywhere else rather than at the stadium handing the trophy to Naomi (who the USTA did not want to help fund).
Yep, people are misguidedly calling out Serena as a victim instead of Ramos as a hero. If there's an issue with discrepancy, it's that other umpires aren't enforcing the rules and the blowback from this is just going to make it worse. Too many of the umpires don't want the criticism and just let the match proceed as rules are constantly violated. Some won't overrule because Hawkeye might make them look bad.
You can't blame the umpires in some respects. Social media and TV commentators get riled up whenever they try to "insert themselves" in a match by actually enforcing rules. Brad Gilbert, Chris Evert and Co. think penalties should only be given at inconsequential times and that when matches are close, umpires shouldn't be involved at all. This is the wrong mindset. If the penalties are meaningless, then the players won't follow the rules. They will take the advantages they can get away with. Human nature. Make the penalties mean something and they will obey the rules.
People want to make this a sexism issue, but didn't Serena have issues with two female umpires at the U.S. Open (though she thought it was the same one)? But then they were being racist instead, right? There's a large subset of Serena fans who don't really pay attention to tennis but hold her up as a shining example of a powerful black woman. They attack anyone on social media who disagrees or has the audacity to call a man the greatest of all time (they attack Fed in particular, making sure people call him the male GOAT because of course Serena is the greatest of all time and if you disagree you're a racist sexist). They harass tennis bloggers when they dare question her behavior. The problem is they don't know anything about tennis because they don't watch tennis. They throw out absurd facts like McEnroe was able to get away with bad behavior his whole career with nary a point penalty (conveniently forgetting he was defaulted from a tournament). They also buy into false news that Serena is drug-tested way more than anyone else. Everyone is out to get her! I appreciate/respect the opinion of the people on this board who are actual tennis fans and want to make a case for Serena, even if I disagree. But the non-tennis-fans who want to get involved are just nuts. I'm guessing many didn't actually watch the match, just followed tweets about it.
These non-tennis-fans help perpetuate the Serena as Victim mythology, a mindset that she has embraced and uses to turn around matches — she uses the crowd and fights with umpires to amp herself up when she's being thoroughly outplayed as a way to help get her back in matches. "Everyone is against me, but I'm a fighter." Novak has used this effectively, too, though his beef is usually with the crowds and not the umpire (and he's right — the crowds are totally against him!). But Serena is just a narcissist and makes everything about her — she's the best and deserves to win, no matter what the opponent is doing and the umpires are working against her, not working to enforce the fairness of the match for both players.
All of her antics can throw opponents off their game if they don't stay tough (credit to Naomi, like Sam and Kim before her, for not falling into the trap). It's the same with Nadal, another narcissist with a victim mentality and disregard for opponents. In his case, he uses time violations, MTOs and the like to slow momentum and craft the tempo of the matches to his needs. When he's losing, it's his failing body — not his mind (his body fails much more than Novak and Roger, no?!) Both Nadal and Serena make it about them, and so do the commentators. They are obsessed with these players' fighter mentality and humility — because after all of their off-court antics they may deign to give their opponent some credit — "stop booing Naomi, this is her moment," "let's not talk about my knees, let's talk about my opponent, I never like to talk about my knee." They disregard the rules, then when they lose it's POOR ME!
If these non-tennis-fans looked harder they would find a much better role model in Venus, a strong black woman who doesn't need to intimidate umpires, linespeople and opponents. Despite not having Serena's technical skills and having a strength-sapping disease, she continues to play on in a long twilight nearing 40 years of age, her major titles far behind her. But she does it with class and dignity, unlike her sister.
Fittingly, Venus is the goddess.
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G.O.A.T.
For me, I wish he had waited to give the warming, and here's why.
It would have let Osaka serve. It would have shown if she could hold up under pressure. But to me here's the beauty.
If Osaka wins the second set, its over, there is no controversy. If Serena wins the set, I can almost guarantee she would have gone off on the umpire. And I believe she would have slipped here saying something worse, then give the game penalty. Osaka now has the advantage again. Now if Serena blows up she automatically loses the match. And if Osaka can hold all her serves, she wins the match, and then there is zero controversy, and the refs call doesn't have an effect.
It would have let Osaka serve. It would have shown if she could hold up under pressure. But to me here's the beauty.
If Osaka wins the second set, its over, there is no controversy. If Serena wins the set, I can almost guarantee she would have gone off on the umpire. And I believe she would have slipped here saying something worse, then give the game penalty. Osaka now has the advantage again. Now if Serena blows up she automatically loses the match. And if Osaka can hold all her serves, she wins the match, and then there is zero controversy, and the refs call doesn't have an effect.
helterskelter
G.O.A.T.
Neo-Marxism is the ideology of a social-justice warrior. Their ideology can be summed up as a mix of Nazism and Communism, where they advocate for complete state control, abolishment of capitalism, and equality of outcome (Communism) as well as blaming every societal ill on successful demographics which they deem evil and "privileged" (Nazism). Neo-Marxists hate males, Europeans, east Asian (men), heterosexuals, and Jews (among others). They believe that these demographics should be forced to serve less successful demographics (such as blacks, muslims, and females), who they claim are oppressed.
I mean, duh! Don't you know anything? This is Jordan Peterson 101.
Rhino
Legend
Yeah. Exactly. Don't you know that people with daughters never cheat. It's just not physically possible once you've given birth to a girl.
AND she's a woman too. So literally you better not accuse her of anything ever because you know what that makes you don't you? A sexist, racist thief!
NuBas
Legend
Man the entire shabang was out of this world unprofessional You pay to watch the match that is 50/50, seems like the entire audience was stupid and thought it was easy for SW. Again, these US Open fans are not true tennis fans, they just wanna be there.
You can tell looking at Katrina Adams she is not a person of character.
Mr.Lob
G.O.A.T.
Pretty much saying don't blame us, blame the chair umpire. Cowards. Should have said the umpire was following the rules and left it at that.
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
Your definitions seem to be circular and of course incorrect.
Cultural Marxism was actually invented in the 1920s so you need to begin there.
Cultural Marxism was actually invented in the 1920s so you need to begin there.
If you can give me an example of a higher level of abuse, I'm with you 100%.
Things like a threat, swearing at him, thing to me that is a real verbal abuse
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Back in the day, I called out @tennis_pro on creating a match thread before a winner had even been determined in the previous match (a regular practice of his, it turns out). His response was to call me a "social justice warrior."
swizzy
Hall of Fame
would have been much better if naomi won the second set in similar fashion as the first..without serena acting like a freak and bringing this down on herself. a few time violations were warranted as well. the "thief" comment is not the issue..it was the incessant words for three games. she was going to lose this match.. she lost way more in the end by adding to her image as a hot-head.
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