Serena's meltdown

This is a clip of the thief comment from last night. I'll be honest it doesn't make Serena look good at all. She comes across very poorly here.

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Heard about it first on Ireland AM this morning. Simon Delaney was making the point that she broke the rules, straight away the two female presenters rounded on him. Their defense was ‘internet trolls’.

I hope she’s banned for a while.

Internet trolls didn't smash Serena racket into the ground and internet trolls didn't make Serena call the umpire a thief and a liar.

Just seen it on the news. FFS she's a cretin.

Her behaviour was disgraceful. Fair play to the umpire for sticking to his guns. The “it’s because I’m a woman” stuff is laughable and to even mention race is pathetic. She threatened the guy FFS. I have never liked Serena; she has zero class.

The referee is the most pointless man in tennis. It's like having a referee for a referee in football. That man comes on and just fumbles about and walks off, maybe he could have cooled the situation, told umpire that he thinks she's not being coached, that it's a minor thing that happens in every match. That he should retract that remark and Serena should do they same with the thief remark, both say sorry, don't dock her a game and lets play on.
That would at least be something, but the referee is just a pointless guy who did nothing.

He done nothing

Ridiculous behaviour from someone that's supposed to be a role model. She should come out and apologise or be banned for disrespecting officials. Sad for Osaka on her big day but congrats to her!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

. Also, it was her coach who committed the first offence, not here. He made a hand gesture. She may not have seen it, or, even if she had seen it, had no control over it. Penalise the coach, ban the coach, send the coach to he locker room in that case.

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The rules in Grand Slam tournaments are very clear: No coaching.

Rule also states that it does not matter if the player has seen the coaching, it is the gesture from the coach that matters and that is the offence.

Montagu is her coach, he admitted in an interview after the match that he was coaching her,

Corruptedmorals wrote: »

It's a terrible thing to overshadow Osaka's historic victory. The coaching violation seems unfair but those are the rules and there's no comeback against the racket smash or verbal abuse.

But I don't agree with criticising her for dress code breaches or drug testing frequency. Tennis' dress code is incredibly outdated and is not necessary to play the sport to full advantage unlike other sports where the uniform suits the movement required. Female players should be allowed wear shorts or trousers if they so wish. Serena breached it for medical reasons anyway. The drug testing frequency is a legit complaint, if one athlete is tested at a far greater frequency than their peers it does warrant criticism and questions. Simone Biles who also happens to be a superb black athlete miles beyond her peers is and has been tested at an alarming frequency compared to her competitors.

Female players can wear shorts, Navaratilova wore shorts for years. Plaeyrs are also alllowed to wear tights etc under their clothing, so she could have worn that suit anyway.

Serena has her own clothing line and it is her biggest money spinner. She designs a lot of her own clothes and is known for showing up in alternative outfits. Which is fair enough, allowed and helps her support her brand (nothing wrong with that). Agassi did something similar with 'flamboyant' clothing.


However, various tournaments have various rules and the French open said no leotards or catsuits. Serena choose to jump on this, IMO probably to promote herself and her brand. It's more to do with marketing than racism.

What an insufferable cretin she is :rolleyes:

she's exposed herself as a no-class graceless brat. let herself down badly.

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

Can i just but in here and remind y'all she is one of the greatest sports stars that has ever existed.


Just sayin.

That doesn't give you license to be a complete and utter d|ck.

Odhinn wrote: »

Where has she mentioned race in this incident, might I ask?

It's only day one yet. Give her a chance

I imagine the umpire has about 500 messages from lawyers offering legal advice.

The outburst, okay, people get emotional with such high stakes involved. I can appreciate that.

Providing they accept, that on reflection, they clearly acted like an asshat. I can accept that apology.

When you double down, that's when you start to look like a real grade A clown with a delusional sense of entitlement.