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Any of you watch the GRAND DRAMA that unfolded Saturday at the Women's Final Tennis Match in New York? Your thoughts?

Serena thought she had been treated unfairly. She was penalized one point and one game during the second set. She lost the first set 6-2 fair and square. She was outplayed. There were three things that happened. Coaching is forbidden at certain times and her coach was clearly signaling her at times. But it isn't clear whether she could see him from where she was standing on court. That was thing one. Then she  threw her racquet down on the ground and I think she broke it. Now other players have done that too in frustration. And I'm not sure about the third thing but I think she called the line judge a "thief" for "stealing" a point from her. I'm unsure. At any rate that caused her a game. Meanwhile her 20-year-old opponent had played an excellent first set and was doing well in the second set. Serena lost it and accused the judge of unfairly penalizing her because she is a woman. She further said that the men get away with things that are a lot worse than that and no one penalizes them. She kept repeating "this is so unfair" at least a zillion times. She became furious and then of course the crowd starting booing because it's a New York crowd and they are always gonna root for Serena. It got very ugly. They continued on with the match and her Japanese opponent won. The circumstances were not the best for her(understatement) and her win was irrevocably damaged by the boos of the crowd and also by Serena's fury. Now Serena did try to quiet the crowd and asked them to stop booing but by then the winner was in tears. She is only 20 years old and she grew up dreaming of playing Serena Williams. It was so sad for her that she APOLOGIZED to the crowd for winning! She said she knew they were cheering for Serena and she was SORRY it turned out that way. Can you even imagine that? The crowd was VERY UGLY. It was shameful. Her first major win that she deserved to win because she played very well was tarnished by all that emotion. Just sayin' sometimes life is unfair but to take it out on others is even more unfair. Can you imagine anyone APOLOGIZING to a crowd for winning? Only in America and only in New York I guess. It was a very disrespectful thing to do for the winner to have to experience that but no one gave a dam* till she was in tears and Serena FINALLY told the crowd to stop booing. Too bad.  A terrible experience for a young girl who made the terrible mistake of winning a big match in New York against a player whom the unmannerly New York crowd adores.

Posted - September 9, 2018
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  • 6477
    Interesting thing to think about...  I understand, but could be wrong as I don't follow tennis.. that Serena is known to have ahem a temperamental temper?  

    I am mindful that John McEnroe was famous for his outrages on the tennis courts.. his by-line is, 'you cannot be serious' So from that I conclude that it happens.. Right or wrong, tennis starts with explosive personalities tend to shout out when they think they have been unfairly treated..  

    You asked elsewhere what would I do.. well in that case it seems the point deduction was not necessarily unfair?  So that makes it harder to justify.. IF I were to be treated unfairly and there is no question about it.. then I would take it up.. but.. shouting and throwing a tantrum isn't my personal style.. My personal style is to tell someone, outright, articulately, why I think what happened was unfair... to explain.. 

    My way is to inform and educate.
      September 9, 2018 4:22 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    It was by far the very worst FINALS I have ever seen and the crowd was the ugliest too. Serena does have a temper and she has shown it before. BUT that was long ago. She reacted very badly in my opinion. She could have simply said she disagreed with it but not gone on and on and on and on stoking up the crowd and reducing her opponent to tears. At some point she regained control and possibly realized the huge scene she was making and maybe even felt ashamed of her self. It was not an example of good sportsmanship nor showing respect for her opponent who DID NOTHING WRONG and won the match fair and square by outplaying Serena. It just was a disgusting spectacle of the worst in sports in my opinion. Thank you for your reply. Temper tantrums are best left to toddlers. In adults it is NEVER JUSTIFIED in my opinion. :)
      September 9, 2018 4:30 AM MDT
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