Serena Loses...Cries Like a Democrat ...Blames Ump for Sexism

[deanrd]

Just watched Andy Roddick, US retired Tennis player, won the US Open, was number one in the world, say Serena was mistreated.

He said he did much, much worse and never was given a game penalty in his entire career.

And she was defending herself from the Ump's claim that she was cheating.

I know all these USMB Republicans want to jump on her because she's black. It's who they are.

Remember Indian Wells?

 

[Stormy Daniels]

Just watched Andy Roddick, US retired Tennis player, won the US Open, was number one in the world, say Serena was mistreated.

He said he did much, much worse and never was given a game penalty in his entire career.

And John McEnroe did less but got himself disqualified. Mary Carillo came out today and unequivocally pointed the blame at Williams. Carillo won mixed doubles at Roland Garros with none other than McEnroe, who she's known since they were kids. She's been sportscasting tennis for nearly 40 years now. She's pointed out that this is a highly respected umpire who has called matches involving Williams many times, not in any way sexist or racist, and is well known for being strict. He penalized multiple male players during this tournament for coaching violations.

Williams received no different treatment than any other player in this tournament, or from this umpire. She simply reacted differently.

And she was defending herself from the Ump's claim that she was cheating.

No she wasn't, and he never said that. Anyone who knows much anything about pro tennis knows that the anti-coaching rules have always been a contentious issue. The burden of a coach's behavior is placed on the player on the premise the player will ultimately hold a coach accountable in the long run if she or he costs the player matches. Some feel it's unfair to penalize innocent players. But it's also unfair for a player to benefit from their coach breaking the rules even if the player didn't want the coach to do it. The rules prohibit on court coaching, and the warning and penalties are enforcement measures.

Williams has been in and around this game for her entire life. She knows that receiving a warning for a coaching violation is not an accusation that the player was cheating. It's simply a penalty assessed because holding the player ultimately responsible for her or his coach, even if the coach is going rogue, is the most effective way to preserve the integrity of the game.

The fact that she reacted the way she did is actually very odd. She's defending accusations that weren't made. I've already stated that I don't believe she was trying to cheat, or that her coach was trying to cheat--I think it was more a momentary lapse of judgement caused by enthusiasm getting the better of him. But the way she's reacted is so suspicious it makes one wonder if maybe there was some malicious intent after all.

I know all these USMB Republicans want to jump on her because she's black. It's who they are.

Yeah, they really prefer the black woman over the black woman.

Remember Indian Wells?

You mean, that time 20 years ago when spectators were saying nasty things? That is so completely relevant to this.

You remember the hair beads? They were noisy, would sometimes break and litter the court, and many opponents were complaining that they should be considered a violation of the hindrance rules. Remember how the Williams sisters tried to call it racism?

Remember how their father used to complain that it wasn't fair when they were matched up against each other and tried to demand that the should be placed on opposite sides of the brackets? Remember how the family tried to claim racism when tournaments refused to alter their seedings that way? Remember how it was just a plot so they could make more overall money, by avoiding one sister eliminating the other in an early round with both sisters hopefully advancing further into the tournament on opposite sides of the brackets?

Oh, you don't remember any of that? Then you really shouldn't bother saying anything, because you're much too uninformed to say anything that matters.

 

[Tom Horn]

Serena Williams lost and can’t accept it. Blames umpire for sexism. Typical liberal bullshit.

Perhaps you can provide an example of when a male player was punished for a similar incident.

Perhaps you can explain for once why you always side with a pampered black who owes everything she has to whites, acting like a wild animal instead of the champion she once was. She got whipped and can't accept it...kinda like you miserable turds can't accept Trump.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

I have zero respect for this entitled black woman.

The only one mistreated was the WINNER

 

[Roudy]

What bugs me the most about this is the bitch poisoned the moment and a well deserved victory in the US Open championship for Osaka, who handled herself about as classily as a champion could.

 

[The Purge]

So GRACIOUS IN DEFEAT..LOLOLOL

 

[Aba Incieni]

Just watched Andy Roddick, US retired Tennis player, won the US Open, was number one in the world, say Serena was mistreated.

He said he did much, much worse and never was given a game penalty in his entire career.

And she was defending herself from the Ump's claim that she was cheating.

I know all these USMB Republicans want to jump on her because she's black. It's who they are.

Remember Indian Wells?

The Republicans are defending a woman, a black, and an Asian all in one.

They out-PC you on this one.

 

[Votto]

What I don't get is why she called him sexist and not racist.

Come to think of it, remember the ESPN announcer who was covering one of her games? He said that she was using "guerrilla" tactics, but the Left insisted he meant "gorilla" tactics.

This was a man who had no prior racist history and denied the allegations that he used his wording in a racist way. No matter, ESPN fired him and he had a heart attack.

Not one word in defense of this man from Serena.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

"Section L in "Article III -- Player On-Site Offense" in the Grand Slam Rulebook, begins: "Players shall not receive coaching during a match (including the warm-up). Communications of any kind, audible or visible, between a player and a coach may be construed as coaching."

 

[Stormy Daniels]

What bugs me the most about this is the bitch poisoned the moment and a well deserved victory in the US Open championship for Osaka, who handled herself about as classily as a champion could.

There's another underpinning to that point that many do not even understand. Osaka is a very shy young woman who generally feels uncomfortable with attention being focused on her. More than humility, she's almost insecure about herself, in kinds of ways one might expect from a black girl born in racially charged Japan, where she was made fun of because of her mixed ethnicity, her own grandparents had disowned her and her mother for many years, people still have trouble accepting a black girl with a Japanese name, and where the culture is often a pressure cooker pushing for conformity and reservation. When interviewed after matches she is noticeably pained and unsure of herself when receiving positive attention for her accomplishments. It's easy to see how badly she wants to simply run away into the lockerroom.

She seems to internalize a lot of stress and pressure, stubbornly determined to avoid giving in to her own pain. Under the best of circumstances, winning would have put her in a limelight that would make her feel awkward. That way it happened would have been a painful disappointment for anyone. But she probably felt it 5 times as hard as it appeared on the outside and 10 times as hard as most other people would in the same shoes.

 

[Stormy Daniels]

What I don't get is why she called him sexist and not racist.

Come to think of it, remember the ESPN announcer who was covering one of her games? He said that she was using "guerrilla" tactics, but the Left insisted he meant "gorilla" tactics.

This was a man who had no prior racist history and denied the allegations that he used his wording in a racist way. No matter, ESPN fired him and he had a heart attack.

Not one word in defense of this man from Serena.

The Williams' tried to play the race card early in their professional careers, and got nowhere with it. It might be speculated that the infamous Indian Wells incident of 2001 may have been partially a tired response to their attempts. But Williams eventually changed her social justice warrior tune to sexism, championing equal prize money for women as their male counterparts. Her efforts were always largely misguided, at best. While wanting equal prize money she resisted suggestions that the women's game be converted into a best-of-five format. Nevertheless, she was largely successful at gaining concessions from the major tournaments. The result is that she has become a poster child for gender equality. It's her thing. And seeing as her bad behavior this past weekend was chiefly intended as an appeal to her public image, she sent to her thing.

 

[Oldstyle]

"I'm honest, I was coaching."
That was Serena's coach in an interview with ESPN.
So if he's admitted to coaching...which is illegal...then Serena has an issue because her coach has totally fubared her claim that she doesn't cheat! Now she could have claimed that EVERYONE cheats on that and have raised a stink about the referee calling it on her but that's like you trying to get the State Trooper who pulled you over for speeding on the interstate to not give you a ticket because other people are speeding too! You can go there but it ain't gonna work...and you KNOW it's not gonna work!

Bottom line is this...Serena was playing badly. Her opponent was playing inspired tennis. She used the umpire's ruling as motivation to inspire herself to make a bit of a comeback but then ran out of gas with that and was losing 3-4 in the second set already down one set. Calling the umpire a "thief" and ranting at him in the middle of a match she was losing was the kind of gamesmanship that John McEnroe used to employ when he was playing tennis. It's poor sportsmanship and Serena should apologize to her opponent who's winning effort was booed by the New York fans. THAT is the real travesty from that match!

Did you purposely leave out the part where he said she didn’t see him?

You mean the part where her coach said she might not have seen him so he did it several times to make sure that she did? What part of they were cheating don't you get? If you don't like the rule...then change it. As it stands now...that chair umpire was 100% correct in doing what he did.

As it stands, you appear to be a liar.

The coach, in the interview with Pam Shriver directly after the match, never said he kept trying to get her to see him coaching.

Is there some other interview you’re referencing?

That would be the interview he gave to ESPN.