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RE: Was Serena Williams Right to Launch a Tirade Toward the Umpire at the 2018 US Finals?
you must not follow tennis that closely if you think that qualification was justified
here are a list of all disqualifications at that level from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tennis_violations
| 1990 | John McEnroe | Mikael Pernfors | disqualified in his fourth-round match against Mikael Pernfors for three code violations.] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tennis_violations#cite_note-1)^ | |
| 1995 | Jeff Tarango | Alexander Mronz | Wimbledon | Telling spectators to "shut up" earned a violation, and a second one after he called the chair umpire the "most corrupt official in the game". Tarango was fined 28,000 pounds and banned from the tournament the following year^[2]^ |
| 1995 | Tim Henman / Jeremy Bates | Jeff Tarango | Wimbledon | Both were disqualified after Henman hit a ball girl with a ball.^[3]^ |
| 1996 | Irina Spîrlea | disqualified for abusive language directed at an official.^[4]^ | ||
| August 14, 1996 | Andre Agassi | Indianapolis | Disqualified for ball abuse and verbal abuse^[5]^ | |
| 2007 | Anastasia Rodionova | disqualified for hitting a ball at spectators cheering her opponent Angelique Kerber. Kerber was awarded the match 4--6, 6--4, 1--0.^[6]^ | ||
| 2012 | David Nalbandian | Queens Club Final | disqualified for injuring an official after kicking an advertising board. | |
| October 28, 2014 | Darian King | Edward Corrie | Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger | Disqualified after throwing racquet and hitting a lineswoman^[7]^ |
| May 2, 2016 | Grigor Dimitrov | Diego Schwartzman | Istanbul | Smashed racquet three times, resulting in a warning, a point penalty, and another point penalty^[8]^ |
| February 5, 2017 | Denis Shapovalov | disqualified after hitting the chair umpire with a ball hit in anger^[9]^ | ||
| July 23, 2018 | Yann Marti | Severin Luthi | Swiss Open | Disqualified after pointing racquet at opponent and saying "You can put that in your butt"^[10]^ |
nothing as minor as arguing a penalty for a the minor infraction of a coaching gesture which was him giving her the thumbs up
Lol, are you pretending to be that clueless, bud? I certainly hope so. I follow tennis close enough to know code violations when I see them. Racket abuse? Insulting the umpire? Threatening and aggressive behaviour? All the above have nothing to do with gender. Very simple. If you condone that, best go watch WWE instead. At least we understand that's mostly play acting! :)
the violations you state happened after serena was given a penalty with the umpire stating her coach giving her the thumbs up was a secret signal and was in breach of a coaching violation
naturally if somebody is punished with such a ridiculous premise at such a high level you would be quite pissed at the very least at the lack of professionalism from a games steward
...And react in that inhuman manner? Come on, man. "He" was the authority for the match. That position must be respected. You think footballers who get sent off the pitch can waste minutes of the match arguing back at the ref? That's the very reason officiators are put in charge! To stop unhinged players going loco! Her actions were undeniably abominable by anyone's standards and it looks like that is the general consensus on the matter. And besides, the coach "was" gesturing to her (regardless if she saw it or not) resulting in the correct decision in the end. Players do not have authority on the court. The selected umpire does.
inhumane? very ott way to describe it
nobody would continue playing without contesting that joke of a penalty on an outdated minor rule that's been planned to be scrapped for a long time and will be gone by next year
how do you suppose it would be corrected if the umpire was wrong no doovers in tennis? or is it they cant be wrong
Jeez, refer to previous comment! The umpire "is" the authority and what he says goes! Doesn't matter what you or I think about the relevance of the rule in question. Just going by this conversation between us, shows how important their job is. She yelled and screamed like a spoilt brat. I find it unbelievable you think that behaviour should be tolerated, bud.
different standards,
her penalty's in a top level game were much harsher than anybody else had prior
here an example from one month ago
either its because shes a women or because of her race its evident there is some bias but then again maybe the umpire had $10k on Osaka at 10/1
An umpires rulings are "discretionary". At the end of the day, they're people just like anyone else. Serena verbally assaulted him for an extended period of time. Abusively and with aggression. Not exactly the best way to get an umpire on-side. She was instrumental in her own downfall.
The clip you showed was racket abuse, but the umpire decided not to call violation. His match, his rules. Sexism and racism rubbish to one side, it was his call. Just like different football refs allow for different incidents, same goes for tennis or any other sport you'd care to mention. Nothing to do with her laughable cries of discrimination in the least.