US Open

[Rubashov]

What the hell is wrong with you people? Talk about having absolutely no class, just feel terrible for that young Japanese girl.

 

[Gameface]

Yeah, that's a ****ing embarrassment. Naomi is a champion. She earned it. This should have been about her, not Serena. She almost seemed ashamed to have won. But she was going to win, Serena was off her game and Naomi was way way way on her game. Serena was looking for excuses.

 

[Archie Moses]

I haven't seen it or read about what happened exactly. However, I have read Facebook comment sections on Sportscenter, USAToday, etc where people were saying it was clear racism and sexism against Williams. I'm going to try and find a clip of the whole thing, but what happened? If the ref was racist and or sexist to Williams it's the last thing that sports... errr... society needs right now.

 

[The Midnight]

I haven't seen it or read about what happened exactly. However, I have read Facebook comment sections on Sportscenter, USAToday, etc where people were saying it was clear racism and sexism against Williams. I'm going to try and find a clip of the whole thing, but what happened? If the ref was racist and or sexist to Williams it's the last thing that sports... errr... society needs right now.

Serena called the umpire a 'thief' for 'stealing her points' when she was hit with the 2nd warning. The thief comment earned her the 3rd warning which costed her 1 game.

 

[prodigy]

I wouldn't feel too bad, she did just take home 3.8 million for winning the US Open but yeah Osaka was clearly better on this day. Serena as great as she is doesn't know when to shut up. Found it odd how she brought up her daughter, like that has any relevance. Yeah the penalty for coaching isn't regularly enforced as much as it should but it is the umpire's decision. She threw a tantrum and broke her racquet, that is pretty common penalty whether you are a man or woman tennis player. The last one is debatable, but again Serena kept talking, at some point you have to just shut up and play. But congrats to Osaka, you earned it, first japanese woman to win a grand slam!

 

[bigb]

I haven't seen it or read about what happened exactly. However, I have read Facebook comment sections on Sportscenter, USAToday, etc where people were saying it was clear racism and sexism against Williams. I'm going to try and find a clip of the whole thing, but what happened? If the ref was racist and or sexist to Williams it's the last thing that sports... errr... society needs right now.

Not directed at you, but how is it sexist to favor one female over another (if it indeed happened)?

 

[FalseFlagg K]

clear racism and sexism lol she should have thrown in bigot, Islamophobe, homophobe just to cover all bases

nothing to do with the fact that she sucked and was clutching at straws Shame she's had a few of these petulant outbursts, they're pretty ugly

 

[prodigy]

She said it's sexist because "men do much worse and don't get penalized". I don't know about that Serena, you had two penalties against you and than DEMANDED an apology and than to top it off called the umpire a thief, basically the last straw. And how many times have we seen her do this now?

 

[The Midnight]

And how many times have we seen her do this now?

I heard on the news this is the 3rd time she had something major like this happened with the umpire at the US open.

 

[FalseFlagg K]

I heard on the news this is the 3rd time she had something major like this happened with the umpire at the US open.

she pretty much threatened violence against a linesperson last time, it was real ugly

 

[Stars Fan]

1 her coach was coaching from the stands. He admitted he was coaching. While not always enforced, it's always illegal. No problem with this warning.
2. Breaking her racket. Clear code violation. This is regularly enforced. Point penalty because it's the second violation. Again no problem with this ruling.
3. Abuse of the umpire. This one is not as clear. She did go on about it. Calling him a thief a couple of times. He enforced the code violation. Since it was the third violation, it resulted in the game penalty.
Umpire could have warned her to stop the rant, or he would enforce the penalty. She was clearly worked up and emotional, and the humane thing to do would have been to tell her before taking the game penalty. But he didn't. He was within his rights to do so, and he was consistent within the match.
Her complaint is that the men get away with worse. It is so inconsistent that I'm sure some do. Especially the big names are rarely called on the carpet so quickly. So maybe there problem isn't sexism, but elitism. In this case her expectation to be treated like a big name/ man.
When she found that this umpire would not bend the rules for her, she justified it as he was sexist. That is not justified unless this judge had taken similar abuse from a Male tennis player and consistently not enforced the rule. She would have known that he was not lenient, if she could have controlled her temper and thought about it. Instead she practically dared him to enforce it by going on the extended rant.

She did show class by calling on the crowd to stop booing and cheer Osaka.

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[Handlogten's Heros]

1 her coach was coaching from the stands. He admitted he was coaching. While not always enforced, it's always illegal. No problem with this warning.
2. Breaking her racket. Clear code violation. This is regularly enforced. Point penalty because it's the second violation. Again no problem with this ruling.
3. Abuse of the umpire. This one is not as clear. She did go on about it. Calling him a thief a couple of times. He enforced the code violation. Since it was the third violation, it resulted in the game penalty.
Umpire could have warned her to stop the rant, or he would enforce the penalty. She was clearly worked up and emotional, and the humane thing to do would have been to tell her before taking the game penalty. But he didn't. He was within his rights to do so, and he was consistent within the match.
Her complaint is that the men get away with worse. It is so inconsistent that I'm sure some do. Especially the big names are rarely called on the carpet so quickly. So maybe there problem isn't sexism, but elitism. In this case her expectation to be treated like a big name/ man.
When she found that this umpire would not bend the rules for her, she justified it as he was sexist. That is not justified unless this judge had taken similar abuse from a Male tennis player and consistently not enforced the rule. She would have known that he was not lenient, if she could have controlled her temper and thought about it. Instead she practically dared him to enforce it by going on the extended rant.

She did show class by calling on the crowd to stop booing and cheer Osaka.

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If we are splitting up the blame pie I’d say Serena gets most of it. She went on for a ridiculous amount of time in an extremely childish fashion. Screaming at the guy demanding an apology... he could have warned her but I’m not sure she stops. She’s saying she should get more respect but she treated the guy like a 4-year old.

Then everyone acts like she’s the epitome of class when she hugs the real victim... like saying someone’s a hero for putting out a ire they started.

Osaka was the only one robbed here... the crowd should be embarrassed.