You could be right. But in this case it looks like the penalties were given out appropriately and fairly - perhaps other Umps would have let it slide but that may not always be appropriate either. Tough call.Quote:
Originally Posted by Godfather
You could be right. But in this case it looks like the penalties were given out appropriately and fairly - perhaps other Umps would have let it slide but that may not always be appropriate either. Tough call.Quote:
Originally Posted by Godfather
Ya true, I'm not here to defend Serena's actions because they were inexcusable, but I don't think any of us would've been too happy with this ump's aristocratic b.s. either.
By Gerren Keith Gaynor | Fox News
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Professional tennis umpires are reportedly threatening to unionize and boycott after Serena Williams accused an umpire of sexism over violations she received during her US Open championship loss to Naomi Osaka.
Umpires are reportedly “disturbed” by the response from Williams, and league officials who publicly supported her.
Williams gave chair umpire, Carlos Ramos, a verbal lashing over the accusation that she received coaching while on the court.
Ramos ultimately charged Williams with three infractions: the illegal coaching, racket abuse, and-- after calling Ramous a “thief” and a “liar”-- another violation for verbal abuse.
Since then, many have come to the defense of Williams and accused Ramos of holding the tennis star to a different standard because she’s a woman.
In response to swelling criticisms of Ramos’ officiating, some umpires, though technically not allowed to talk with the press, are speaking out on behalf of the fraternity of tennis referees.
“There is a lot of unhappiness in the umpiring community because no one is standing up for officials,” an anonymous senior umpire told the Guardian.
“Umpires keep asking: ‘What if it was me in that chair on Saturday?’ There is a widespread feeling that Carlos was hung out to dry for nearly 48 hours and that no one is standing up for officials.”
Several umpires are privately advocating for officials to unionize, the Guardian reports, though presently umpires do not have a union to organize any form of a boycott.
“Umpires don’t have any independent means of representation and are employed by the governing bodies. If talking to the media is not allowed, and governing bodies are speaking out against them, what are umpires supposed to do?” another source said.
In an interview with ESPN on Sunday, USTA President Katrina Adams called the US Open event “unfortunate” and argued that things would have been different if Williams were a male player.
“We have to have consistency, because when you look at what the women, in this case Serena, is feeling, we watch the guys do this all the time,” Adams said. “They are badgering the chair umpires on the changeover. Nothing happens.”
The International Tennis Federation, however, issued its own statement supporting Ramos, who is a contracted gold badge umpire with the organization.
“Carlos Ramos is one of the most experienced and respected umpires in tennis,” the ITF statement said. “Mr Ramos’s decisions were in accordance with the relevant rules and were reaffirmed by the US Open’s decision to fine Ms Williams for the three offences.”
By Dawn Neesom - The Daily Star
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Just seven days ago the award for screeching harpy went to Roxanne Pallett.
A creature whose grasp of reality is about as flimsy as the plot of Bodyguard.
Fast forward and bring on our new contender: Serena Williams.
Yep the best female tennis player of our time with 39 major titles under her belt.
A proper role model to young women – strong, determined, talented and nobody’s fool.
Not for her endless pouty, scantily-clad Instagram selfies.
Nope instead we had a real body, gleaming with health and vigour.
And then came this week’s US Open where our heroine threw a tantrum that would shame your average toddler.
Long story short. Serena, 36, was being beaten by Naomi Osaka, 20.
The umpire – Carlos Ramos, one of the toughest on the circuit – punished her for getting illegal advice from her coach.
She then smashed her racket into pieces and called Ramos a thief, a sexist pig and demanded he apologise.
He docked her a game. If she’d been a footballer she’d have been sent off.
It was shocking, abusive and aggressive behaviour.
As if that wasn’t disappointing enough Serena went on to shriek: “I’m a mother, I have a daughter.”
Er, you what love? What the hell has that got to do with your bloody forehand smash?
Can you imagine a male player who happened to be a dad screaming that as a defence? No.
For decades women have fought to prove that being a mother doesn’t hold you back.
It might not be possible to have it all but having a womb doesn’t reduce you to a gibbering, hormonal, overwrought wreck. Oops.
Thanks for that Serena.
In one deranged outburst you set back, not just female tennis players, but women as a whole too.
The usual feminist Twitter hate mob has backed Ms Williams playing the sexism card without even investigating the crime.
Meanwhile, sane tennis players like the cool headed Annabel Croft have pointed out that Ramos is the sort of umpire who would have penalised a man in exactly the same way.
The fault is in the way different umpires officiate, bugger all to do with sexism. Not that that was going to stop Serena who claimed she was fighting against the anti-women agenda in tennis.
Yeah, unless that woman was opponent Naomi Osaka who had just won her first major title, an achievement promptly forgotten in Serenagate.
The poor girl even felt she had to apologise.
Meanwhile, Serena went home to cash her £1.3m runners-up cheque and post a cutesy picture of her daughter Alexis, who turns one next week.
Cos, you know, Serena’s a mum… So everyone moves on. Or do they?
Yesterday an Australian newspaper printed a cartoon depicting a heavily-caricatured Serena jumping on her racket. Bingo. Race card time.
The artist, one Mark Knight, exaggerated Serena’s hair and facial features as caricatures do.
If she’d been white and been drawn unflatteringly no-one would have said a thing. It’s a toon.
Like Roxanne’s sorry example before it’s about females trying to “empower” women by playing the victim card.
And if anyone can explain the sense behind that please do. Cos this isn’t #MeToo. It’s #MeMeMe.
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Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks