Current Events > Serena Williams blames sexism for her loss to Japanese Naomi Osaka.

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MabusIncarnate posted...

No, she got outplayed, dominated even. Regardless of the call at hand, she got her ass whooped on the court by the better competitor. She's being a crybaby because she got fat and old.

She lost by disqualification
If she lost from playing, I doubt she'd be so talkative

Serena has been nothing but classy when losing to her competition - when she lost to Sloane Stephens in 2017 there was no excuses, it was all class. She actually decides to speak up about her umpire's latent sexism (and tennis's bougie underlying racism) ONCE and she's just a sore loser? lmfao

like this is what serena is talking about
serena williams is literally one of the most dominant women's tennis players alive
Four years after her last US Open win she's still making it to the final
and she still doesn't get ANY respect
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

MabusIncarnate posted...

No, she got outplayed, dominated even. Regardless of the call at hand, she got her ass whooped on the court by the better competitor. She's being a crybaby because she got fat and old.

She lost by disqualification
If she lost from playing, I doubt she'd be so talkative

Serena has been nothing but classy when losing to her competition - when she lost to Sloane Stephens in 2017 there was no excuses, it was all class

this is how you know when somebody's contempt for a person outweighs common sense and truth.
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MabusIncarnate posted...

No, she got outplayed, dominated even. Regardless of the call at hand, she got her ass whooped on the court by the better competitor. She's being a crybaby because she got fat and old.

Didn't she have kids

YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

and she still doesn't get ANY respect

They'd respect her more if she stopped cheating and making excuses for losing after cheating.
Most people learned that when they were 3 years old. I'm sure you and her will too one day
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

She lost by disqualification
If she lost from playing, I doubt she'd be so talkative

She wasn't disqualified. She lost 6-2, 6-4. She was outplayed in every category, not to mention that she had 6 double-faults.
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DirkDiggles posted...

YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

She lost by disqualification
If she lost from playing, I doubt she'd be so talkative

She wasn't disqualified. She lost 6-2, 6-4. She was outplayed in every category, not to mention that she had 6 double-faults.

Her third violation came after she called the umpire a thief, leading to the automatic loss of a game. You stole a point from me; youre a thief, too, she insisted.

The umpire instantly awarded a game to Osaka, citing a verbal abuse call against Williams.

okay so it was one game she was penalized to automatically lose
either way
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Tbf Serena and Venus Williams have faced a lot of shit in tennis over the years.

They made one of them change her sports bra in the middle of the match because the straps started to show last year. As far back as like 15 years ago people were trying to get them dusqualified for having skirts that were too short. They both have a long history of people applying double standards to them.

With that said, I'm not sure it's really motivated by sexism or if it's simply because people don't like them.
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

okay so it was one game she was penalized to automatically lose
either way

RickyTheBAWSE posted...

this is how you know when somebody's contempt for a person outweighs common sense and truth.

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You people didn't read the article, didn't see the game, and don't watch the sport yet you think you're qualified to say anything about this. Absurd.
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Flamazide posted...

You people didn't read the article, didn't see the game, and don't watch the sport yet you think you're qualified to say anything about this. Absurd.

What's funny is the guys who didn't do any of that are the ones saying "OMG you don't even understand!?" and then getting basic details wrong
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Flamazide posted...

You people didn't read the article, didn't see the game, and don't watch the sport yet you think you're qualified to say anything about this. Absurd.

What's funny is the guys who didn't do any of that are the ones saying "OMG you don't even understand!?" and then getting basic details wrong

Okay bro lol.
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Dragonblade01 posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

The chick who kicked your ass had lady-parts too ya'know?

But that has nothing to do with her criticism of the umpire.

But how can it be sexism if both contestants are female?

It could be sexiam because male umpire female contestant, but that dynamic is the same for Osaka.

Sexism can only take place if one contestant is negatively judged based on their gender, but the gender for both contestants is the same.
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Jiek_Fafn posted...

Tbf Serena and Venus Williams have faced a lot of shit in tennis over the years.

They made one of them change her sports bra in the middle of the match because the straps started to show last year. As far back as like 15 years ago people were trying to get them dusqualified for having skirts that were too short. They both have a long history of people applying double standards to them.

With that said, I'm not sure it's really motivated by sexism or if it's simply because people don't like them.

Serena Williams reminds me a bit of tiger woods in this regard.

When they cracked into their sports I was a huge supporter of them. They were met with a lot of racism, double standards and other fucked up things. I wanted them to succeed, I wanted them to be a haha! In your face, racists! story.

They succeeded, massively, and I was very happy for them.

But turns out theyre terrible people. Tiger had one of the most beautiful wives I have ever seen her he cheated on her.. dozens of times. With crackwhores. He handled it like shit. He hurt (emotionally) Ellin and was a p**** about it. Then fast forward to 2018 and turns out he is like respect the presidency! MAGA!! 45 is my homeboy!!. Screw you, tiger. I hope you never win shit again. After all the racism you faced, how can you embrace the first alt-right president and basically try to play the I am one of the good ones card?

Then Serena... oh boy. She gets abusive with umpires. She blames her losses on sexism or some sort of boogeyman and tends to act unsportsmanlike. Turns out she has the patience and manners of a honey badger. By now she feels she is larger than life and she feels she can and should give the Christian Bale treatment to people around her. It was a disgusting spectacle.

Its so disappointing

Hawaiian_punch posted...

Jiek_Fafn posted...

Tbf Serena and Venus Williams have faced a lot of shit in tennis over the years.

They made one of them change her sports bra in the middle of the match because the straps started to show last year. As far back as like 15 years ago people were trying to get them dusqualified for having skirts that were too short. They both have a long history of people applying double standards to them.

With that said, I'm not sure it's really motivated by sexism or if it's simply because people don't like them.

Serena Williams reminds me a bit of tiger woods in this regard.

When they cracked into their sports I was a huge supporter of them. They were met with a lot of racism, double standards and other fucked up things. I wanted them to succeed, I wanted them to be a haha! In your face, racists! story.

They succeeded, massively, and I was very happy for them.

But turns out theyre terrible people. Tiger had one of the most beautiful wives I have ever seen her he cheated on her.. dozens of times. With crackwhores. He handled it like shit. He hurt (emotionally) Ellin and was a p**** about it. Then fast forward to 2018 and turns out he is like respect the presidency! MAGA!! 45 is my homeboy!!. Screw you, tiger. I hope you never win shit again. After all the racism you faced, how can you embrace the first alt-right president and basically try to play the I am one of the good ones card?

Then Serena... oh boy. She gets abusive with umpires. She blames her losses on sexism or some sort of boogeyman and tends to act unsportsmanlike. Turns out she has the patience and manners of a honey badger. By now she feels she is larger than life and she feels she can and should give the Christian Bale treatment to people around her. It was a disgusting spectacle.

Its so disappointing

Man...you would not like to meet any athlete, let me to tell you.
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So many people just proving her point in this topic
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Hawaiian_punch posted...

Jiek_Fafn posted...

Tbf Serena and Venus Williams have faced a lot of shit in tennis over the years.

They made one of them change her sports bra in the middle of the match because the straps started to show last year. As far back as like 15 years ago people were trying to get them dusqualified for having skirts that were too short. They both have a long history of people applying double standards to them.

With that said, I'm not sure it's really motivated by sexism or if it's simply because people don't like them.

Serena Williams reminds me a bit of tiger woods in this regard.

When they cracked into their sports I was a huge supporter of them. They were met with a lot of racism, double standards and other fucked up things. I wanted them to succeed, I wanted them to be a haha! In your face, racists! story.

They succeeded, massively, and I was very happy for them.

But turns out theyre terrible people. Tiger had one of the most beautiful wives I have ever seen her he cheated on her.. dozens of times. With crackwhores. He handled it like shit. He hurt (emotionally) Ellin and was a p**** about it. Then fast forward to 2018 and turns out he is like respect the presidency! MAGA!! 45 is my homeboy!!. Screw you, tiger. I hope you never win shit again. After all the racism you faced, how can you embrace the first alt-right president and basically try to play the I am one of the good ones card?

Then Serena... oh boy. She gets abusive with umpires. She blames her losses on sexism or some sort of boogeyman and tends to act unsportsmanlike. Turns out she has the patience and manners of a honey badger. By now she feels she is larger than life and she feels she can and should give the Christian Bale treatment to people around her. It was a disgusting spectacle.

Its so disappointing

Difference is Bale admits he was an asshole and has apologized on several occasions

Serena is claiming to be a victim after cheating
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Flamazide posted...

You people didn't read the article, didn't see the game, and don't watch the sport yet you think you're qualified to say anything about this. Absurd.

What's funny is the guys who didn't do any of that are the ones saying "OMG you don't even understand!?" and then getting basic details wrong

Says the guy that keeps calling her a cheater when her main complaint is getting the penalty for yelling at the ump. Yelling at the ump isn't cheating and her own coach said she didn't even see him trying to coach her so get off the ridiculous cheating narrative you're trying to pull.

Aging sports star can't compete, blames officials
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Flamazide posted...

You people didn't read the article, didn't see the game, and don't watch the sport yet you think you're qualified to say anything about this. Absurd.

What's funny is the guys who didn't do any of that are the ones saying "OMG you don't even understand!?" and then getting basic details wrong

you know he's talking about you right
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No one should be able to abuse the officials. So, the first call on coaching was correct by the books and she went on tilt. She needs to learn to control her emotions on the court.
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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

No one should be able to abuse the officials

Holy shit does nobody actually read these
Her complaint is literally that men are allowed to go on outbursts because that's being passionate and outspoken

but her going on an outburst is "hysteria" and "being a sore loser"

There's a double standard
and I've seen it myself, watching the odd tennis game
It's different
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Nazanir posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

The chick who kicked your ass had lady-parts too ya'know?

But that has nothing to do with her criticism of the umpire.

But how can it be sexism if both contestants are female?

It could be sexiam because male umpire female contestant, but that dynamic is the same for Osaka.

Sexism can only take place if one contestant is negatively judged based on their gender, but the gender for both contestants is the same.

But what she's claiming is that she lost a point/game for unruly conduct when men who do the same things don't lose a point/game.

That's the sexism she claims to have experienced: The difference in how behaviors are punished between female and male tennis players.

YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

No one should be able to abuse the officials

Holy shit does nobody actually read these
Her complaint is literally that men are allowed to go on outbursts because that's being passionate and outspoken

but her going on an outburst is "hysteria" and "being a sore loser"

There's a double standard
and I've seen it myself, watching the odd tennis game
It's different

Right, i agree that men should be held to the same standard. Allowing her to abuse the officials isn't okay though. So she rightfully was penalized. That's like getting pulled over for speeding and crying that everyone else was speeding too.
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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Allowing her to abuse the officials isn't okay though. So she rightfully was penalized.

Okay sure
But it'd be nice if they actually followed the standard

I see where you're coming from now, hostility lowered
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Flamazide posted...

Hawaiian_punch posted...

Jiek_Fafn posted...

Tbf Serena and Venus Williams have faced a lot of shit in tennis over the years.

They made one of them change her sports bra in the middle of the match because the straps started to show last year. As far back as like 15 years ago people were trying to get them dusqualified for having skirts that were too short. They both have a long history of people applying double standards to them.

With that said, I'm not sure it's really motivated by sexism or if it's simply because people don't like them.

Serena Williams reminds me a bit of tiger woods in this regard.

When they cracked into their sports I was a huge supporter of them. They were met with a lot of racism, double standards and other fucked up things. I wanted them to succeed, I wanted them to be a haha! In your face, racists! story.

They succeeded, massively, and I was very happy for them.

But turns out theyre terrible people. Tiger had one of the most beautiful wives I have ever seen her he cheated on her.. dozens of times. With crackwhores. He handled it like shit. He hurt (emotionally) Ellin and was a p**** about it. Then fast forward to 2018 and turns out he is like respect the presidency! MAGA!! 45 is my homeboy!!. Screw you, tiger. I hope you never win shit again. After all the racism you faced, how can you embrace the first alt-right president and basically try to play the I am one of the good ones card?

Then Serena... oh boy. She gets abusive with umpires. She blames her losses on sexism or some sort of boogeyman and tends to act unsportsmanlike. Turns out she has the patience and manners of a honey badger. By now she feels she is larger than life and she feels she can and should give the Christian Bale treatment to people around her. It was a disgusting spectacle.

Its so disappointing

Man...you would not like to meet any athlete, let me to tell you.

I know there all assholes. But they keep that in their private spheres. You dont hear of Lebron either supporting 45 or yelling youre a thief! At the face of a referee. You dont hear about Michael Jordan whining about racism in basketball or whatever, etc.

Hawaiian_punch posted...

You dont hear about Michael Jordan whining about racism in basketball or whatever, etc.

you showed your hand too early
had me going

Also really you chose Michael Jordan as your "but look at these other athletes that aren't terrible" example?
LOL
please tell me more about how you know nothing about sports apparently
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*Acts like a petulant child because she's tilted that she's getting wrecked*
*Gets penalized*
*b-b-b-but men!!!111*

The absolute state of Serena.
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lolololol
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The umpire clearly has personal disdain for Williams. In a normal course of the game Williams would have been subject to terrible calls and a biased level of officiating compared to the shit we see at the World Cup. And then she could have a heck of a story on how some bobble head looking effeminate fuck stole the game from her because he personally dislikes her, perhaps for being the one black woman (along with her sister) to break into the game.

But instead she made it too easy for him. She smashed her racket, she argued with him several times, insulted him, and had this sassy diva attitude. She thought the entire tennis authority body was gonna react like yasssss queen bey slay! , but of course it wasnt to be. She fucked up

Hawaiian_punch posted...

Flamazide posted...

Hawaiian_punch posted...

Jiek_Fafn posted...

Tbf Serena and Venus Williams have faced a lot of shit in tennis over the years.

They made one of them change her sports bra in the middle of the match because the straps started to show last year. As far back as like 15 years ago people were trying to get them dusqualified for having skirts that were too short. They both have a long history of people applying double standards to them.

With that said, I'm not sure it's really motivated by sexism or if it's simply because people don't like them.

Serena Williams reminds me a bit of tiger woods in this regard.

When they cracked into their sports I was a huge supporter of them. They were met with a lot of racism, double standards and other fucked up things. I wanted them to succeed, I wanted them to be a haha! In your face, racists! story.

They succeeded, massively, and I was very happy for them.

But turns out theyre terrible people. Tiger had one of the most beautiful wives I have ever seen her he cheated on her.. dozens of times. With crackwhores. He handled it like shit. He hurt (emotionally) Ellin and was a p**** about it. Then fast forward to 2018 and turns out he is like respect the presidency! MAGA!! 45 is my homeboy!!. Screw you, tiger. I hope you never win shit again. After all the racism you faced, how can you embrace the first alt-right president and basically try to play the I am one of the good ones card?

Then Serena... oh boy. She gets abusive with umpires. She blames her losses on sexism or some sort of boogeyman and tends to act unsportsmanlike. Turns out she has the patience and manners of a honey badger. By now she feels she is larger than life and she feels she can and should give the Christian Bale treatment to people around her. It was a disgusting spectacle.

Its so disappointing

Man...you would not like to meet any athlete, let me to tell you.

I know there all assholes. But they keep that in their private spheres. You dont hear of Lebron either supporting 45 or yelling youre a thief! At the face of a referee. You dont hear about Michael Jordan whining about racism in basketball or whatever, etc.

Lol yeah Lebron isn't out here cooning and racism in the NBA isn't as prevalent as it is in Tennis. Serena is right. Also Lebron does argue with the refs. Every athlete does to some effect. It happens a LOT in tennis. They throw temper tantrums to no end but it's accepted. Men do way worse than what Williams did pretty often and no one cares. She speaks out about it and she is a sore loser despite not that matching up to her history at all or even fitting the situation. It's stupid.
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Vyrulisse posted...

*Acts like a petulant child because she's tilted that she's getting wrecked*
*Gets penalized*
*b-b-b-but men!!!111*

The absolute state of Serena.

Pretty much this

Hawaiian_punch posted...

thought the entire tennis authority body was gonna react like yasssss queen bey slay!

holy shit you may as well just come out and say it dude
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Allowing her to abuse the officials isn't okay though. So she rightfully was penalized.

Okay sure
But it'd be nice if they actually followed the standard

I see where you're coming from now, hostility lowered

Maybe this will force them to try and be more consistent going forward...maybe.

Somewhat unrelated: Didn't Serena get verbally abusive with a line judge a couple years back too? Even threatened her. She does need to tone it back.
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

Hawaiian_punch posted...

thought the entire tennis authority body was gonna react like yasssss queen bey slay!

holy shit you may as well just come out and say it dude

Yes, she thinks she is Beyonc and that she has a fandom of blind followers that have elevated her memedom status. She thinks
She can give crazy attitude to people as if she were a memefied popstar, and that tennis officials are as vapid as Beyonc fans, but that wasnt to be.

There I said it. Its not controversial

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Allowing her to abuse the officials isn't okay though. So she rightfully was penalized.

Okay sure
But it'd be nice if they actually followed the standard

I see where you're coming from now, hostility lowered

Maybe this will force them to try and be more consistent going forward...maybe.

Somewhat unrelated: Didn't Serena get verbally abusive with a line judge a couple years back too? Even threatened her. She does need to tone it back.

a few years ago?

dude, NFL and NBA players do it literally every game. some of these guys are prone to fines.

if Serena is going years between verbal abuse, it's even more clear how bad her critics are trying to reach.

there would be a lot less "whataboutism" if there was consistency in the judgements though. lack of consistency is why there is suspicion. in a professional sport, the athletes aren't the only professionals...
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serena was out of line.

"other people do it too" is never an excuse

Maybe its because I dont follow womens tennis, but I didnt know Serena was a SJW. Thats too bad.
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Hawaiian_punch posted...

Yes, she thinks she is Beyonc and that she has a fandom of blind followers that have elevated her memedom status. She thinks
She can give crazy attitude to people as if she were a memefied popstar, and that tennis officials are as vapid as Beyonc fans, but that wasnt to be.

There I said it. Its not controversial

Everyone can tell you don't like black people
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RickyTheBAWSE posted...

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Allowing her to abuse the officials isn't okay though. So she rightfully was penalized.

Okay sure
But it'd be nice if they actually followed the standard

I see where you're coming from now, hostility lowered

Maybe this will force them to try and be more consistent going forward...maybe.

Somewhat unrelated: Didn't Serena get verbally abusive with a line judge a couple years back too? Even threatened her. She does need to tone it back.

a few years ago?

dude, NFL and NBA players do it literally every game. some of these guys are prone to fines.

if Serena is going years between verbal abuse, it's even more clear how bad her critics are trying to reach.

Why are you saying it's okay because others do it? It's not okay. Also, a better comparison for tolerance of ref abuse would be comparing NBA to WNBA(lol)
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

Hawaiian_punch posted...

Yes, she thinks she is Beyonc and that she has a fandom of blind followers that have elevated her memedom status. She thinks
She can give crazy attitude to people as if she were a memefied popstar, and that tennis officials are as vapid as Beyonc fans, but that wasnt to be.

There I said it. Its not controversial

Everyone can tell you don't like black people

Are you fucking kidding me?

Have you read my posts itt? I brought up how tiger and Serena have faced a lot of racism and that it sucks. I said that the umpire probably didnt like Serena for being black. I even insulted the umpire (I called him and effeminate bobble head looking fuck).

I said I wanted tiger and Serena to be very succesful, especially because of the racism they faced.

Yet you take ONE like I say out of context and pretend that I dont like black people? You have problems. You need help.

I spend half my time here calling out racists like the admiral or shokan_warrior.

RickyTheBAWSE posted...

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Allowing her to abuse the officials isn't okay though. So she rightfully was penalized.

Okay sure
But it'd be nice if they actually followed the standard

I see where you're coming from now, hostility lowered

Maybe this will force them to try and be more consistent going forward...maybe.

Somewhat unrelated: Didn't Serena get verbally abusive with a line judge a couple years back too? Even threatened her. She does need to tone it back.

a few years ago?

dude, NFL and NBA players do it literally every game. some of these guys are prone to fines.

if Serena is going years between verbal abuse, it's even more clear how bad her critics are trying to reach.

there would be a lot less "whataboutism" if there was consistency in the judgements though. lack of consistency is why there is suspicion. in a professional sport, the athletes aren't the only professionals...

Yes, tennis reminds me a lot of soccer in this regard. There is definitely an equivalent to the good old boys club and the judgements are always very suspect. Theyre even more suspect now that technology could correct many of the weird calls that get made

Blacks, Latinos, Asians and Indians don't like each other either.
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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

RickyTheBAWSE posted...

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Allowing her to abuse the officials isn't okay though. So she rightfully was penalized.

Okay sure
But it'd be nice if they actually followed the standard

I see where you're coming from now, hostility lowered

Maybe this will force them to try and be more consistent going forward...maybe.

Somewhat unrelated: Didn't Serena get verbally abusive with a line judge a couple years back too? Even threatened her. She does need to tone it back.

a few years ago?

dude, NFL and NBA players do it literally every game. some of these guys are prone to fines.

if Serena is going years between verbal abuse, it's even more clear how bad her critics are trying to reach.

Why are you saying it's okay because others do it? It's not okay. Also, a better comparison for tolerance of ref abuse would be comparing NBA to WNBA(lol)

why are you saying that's what I said when you can't quote the part where I actually said that?

consistency is the issue. in the NBA, it's pretty easy to see what is going to land somebody a technical foul based on the pattern of behaviors that lead to it. whether you be Steph Curry or DeMarcus Cousins. with professional tennis, there is obvious bias.
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PrettyBoyFloyd posted...

Blacks, Latinos, Asians and Indians don't like each other either.

Whats your point?

RickyTheBAWSE posted...

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

RickyTheBAWSE posted...

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Allowing her to abuse the officials isn't okay though. So she rightfully was penalized.

Okay sure
But it'd be nice if they actually followed the standard

I see where you're coming from now, hostility lowered

Maybe this will force them to try and be more consistent going forward...maybe.

Somewhat unrelated: Didn't Serena get verbally abusive with a line judge a couple years back too? Even threatened her. She does need to tone it back.

a few years ago?

dude, NFL and NBA players do it literally every game. some of these guys are prone to fines.

if Serena is going years between verbal abuse, it's even more clear how bad her critics are trying to reach.

Why are you saying it's okay because others do it? It's not okay. Also, a better comparison for tolerance of ref abuse would be comparing NBA to WNBA(lol)

why are you saying that's what I said when you can't quote the part where I actually said that?

consistency is the issue. in the NBA, it's pretty easy to see what is going to land somebody a technical foul based on the pattern of behaviors that lead to it. whether you be Steph Curry or DeMarcus Cousins. with professional tennis, there is obvious bias.

I quoted your whole post. You edited it after the fact
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Hawaiian_punch posted...

Have you read my posts itt?

yes
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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

RickyTheBAWSE posted...

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

RickyTheBAWSE posted...

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Allowing her to abuse the officials isn't okay though. So she rightfully was penalized.

Okay sure
But it'd be nice if they actually followed the standard

I see where you're coming from now, hostility lowered

Maybe this will force them to try and be more consistent going forward...maybe.

Somewhat unrelated: Didn't Serena get verbally abusive with a line judge a couple years back too? Even threatened her. She does need to tone it back.

a few years ago?

dude, NFL and NBA players do it literally every game. some of these guys are prone to fines.

if Serena is going years between verbal abuse, it's even more clear how bad her critics are trying to reach.

Why are you saying it's okay because others do it? It's not okay. Also, a better comparison for tolerance of ref abuse would be comparing NBA to WNBA(lol)

why are you saying that's what I said when you can't quote the part where I actually said that?

consistency is the issue. in the NBA, it's pretty easy to see what is going to land somebody a technical foul based on the pattern of behaviors that lead to it. whether you be Steph Curry or DeMarcus Cousins. with professional tennis, there is obvious bias.

I quoted your whole post. You edited it after the fact

I added, not "changed." even in my original post, you're still putting words in my mouth. so...

feel free point out which part of my edit changed the entire meaning of my post, though.
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How about not slamming your racket after you already had an infraction? That's why she lost the point. Then arguing with the umpire cost her the game. And that's how she would go about losing a match that she would have likely lost anyways. Poor sportsmanship. And I remember watching that match she had against Kim Clijsters. Serena is as soft as Lebron James when the **** hits the fan.

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Foppe posted...

And men have said worse things on matches without losing sets.

That is the tennis equivalent of Bu... But Hillary!
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Doesn't Nick Kyrgios ruin the sexism claims?

That boy gets in trouble at basically every tournment he's not banned from.

Usually just racket smashing or swearing at himself as well, although he does also do other stuff like giving up and getting into arguments with the crowd.

Don't think Kyrgios has ever been as bad in a single incident as Serena Williams was yesterday though.

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Somewhat unrelated: Didn't Serena get verbally abusive with a line judge a couple years back too? Even threatened her. She does need to tone it back.

Yeah, she got fined after to losing to Clijsters and then warned if she acted out again in the next two years of Grand Slams, she would get a one tournament ban. She would also get some of her fine money back if there were no incidents.

Then she started ranting at a chair umpire when she lost to Stosur, but they decided not to enforce the ban. Obviously, everyone is out to get her and does her no favors.

Her coach ADMITTED to coaching her (albeit playing the "everyone does it" defense). That's one.

She smashed a racquet. It's a penalty for everyone, men and women, anyone who watches tennis will say so. That's two.

Then she ranted at the umpire again. That's three.

The match lasted 79 minutes, even with one game penalty that's fast. Losing a match in 79 minutes is like a 35-14 football score. Not good.
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