US Open 2018

walshb · 08-09-2018 8:14pm

Serena is far from invincible...she can be bloody basic at times..

Niles Crane · 08-09-2018 9:57pm

I just want to let everyone know in case you'd forgotten, that according to the amazon prime commentators Serena Williams is representing all the working moms out there and thats putting extra pressure on her.

AllForIt · 08-09-2018 10:27pm

Missed what happened there...why was Serena going mental at the umpire?

jamescd · 08-09-2018 10:28pm

Serena having a meltdown. She needs to regain her composure if she wants to extend this match.

Niles Crane · 08-09-2018 10:28pm

I have a daughter I stand for whats right.

What an insufferable, arsehole Serena Williams is.

Sorry if people think I'm going on a bit about her or being harsh on Williams but she's just such a pain.

Joe_ Public · 08-09-2018 10:28pm

Toys out of pram time for Serena. Coaching violation thing seems a bit weird, didn’t see what happened, but she’s embarrassing herself again and good to see Osaka keeping her focus through it.

GoldFour4 · 08-09-2018 10:29pm

Would be some achievement for Ōsaka to win this with the crowd against her and Williams sounding off every chance she gets

Niles Crane · 08-09-2018 10:29pm

AllForIt wrote: »

Missed what happened there...why was Serena going mental at the umpire?

She received a one point penalty for getting 2 warnings.

The coaching incident and the smashing of the racket.

jamescd · 08-09-2018 10:30pm

AllForIt wrote: »

Missed what happened there...why was Serena going mental at the umpire?

She got a warning for coaching or something earlier. Then she smashed her racket so Osaka got a free point.

Joe_ Public · 08-09-2018 10:30pm

I did think umpire had retracted the coaching thing but obviously he hadn’t or couldn’t.

08-09-2018 10:30pm

Serena has lost the plot. The post-natal hormones have gotten to her.

Niles Crane · 08-09-2018 10:32pm

Umpire is doing his job.

She's now lost a game penalty.

Good enough for her.

Royale with Cheese · 08-09-2018 10:33pm

This is fantastic

Floppybits · 08-09-2018 10:34pm

Serena the drama queen. Umpire should just tell her to do one. Her coach was making suggestions to her and the umpire saw it, get over it Serena

Niles Crane · 08-09-2018 10:34pm

She is now bringing out the feminist angle.

Disgraceful behaviour from her, she's an embarrassment.

Johnmb · 08-09-2018 10:35pm

Joe_ Public wrote: »

I did think umpire had retracted the coaching thing but obviously he hadn’t or couldn’t.

No reason for him to. Despite what she claimed, it's not his problem if she got coaching or not, nor if she was listening or not. The rule is if the umpire, or a lines person, sees the box communicate with the player, it's a violation. They don't have to know what was being communicated, and it is up to the player to put a stop to it.

GoldFour4 · 08-09-2018 10:35pm

This is a disgrace from Williams.

Johnmb · 08-09-2018 10:38pm

I just hope Osaka doesn't lose her focus after all this crap from Serena.

GoldFour4 · 08-09-2018 10:39pm

Johnmb wrote: »

I just hope Osaka doesn't lose her focus after all this crap from Serena.

Fingers crossed. She’s been excellent. Only 20, could easily lose her composure unfortunately.

Niles Crane · 08-09-2018 10:43pm

Well done Osaka.

Unfortunately Williams meltdown will be the main story from the match.

lostcat · 08-09-2018 10:44pm

should have bought some popcorn, if only I'd known....

08-09-2018 10:44pm

I wonder will Serena do a post-game interview.
There was booing in the crowd after the match ended.
Toxic atmosphere.
Bizarre stuff.
Still going on about it after the end.
Takes the gloss off her opponent's moment of glory.

764dak · 08-09-2018 10:44pm

Haha, Serena got wrecked.

EagererBeaver · 08-09-2018 10:45pm

Properly embarrassing and disgraceful stuff from Serena. The mask slips once again. What should be the greatest moment of Osaka's life will be completely overshadowed by this farce.

Johnmb · 08-09-2018 10:46pm

Niles Crane wrote: »

Well done Osaka.

Unfortunately Williams meltdown will be the main story from the match.

Yep, but it was caused by Osaka's great play. She'll blame the umpire, but the fact is that her coach signalling her was because Osaka was beating her, the breaking of the racket was because Osaka was too strong for her, and her disrespect to the umpire was because she had no answers to Osaka and needed someone to blame and vent at.

Rjd2 · 08-09-2018 10:46pm

Twitter is awful atm.

I mean yes call racism out when you can it most certainly exists, e.g white cops killing black kids and getting away with it and that "president", but **** of with accusing this umpire of racism.

Serena is an icon, but Jesus she has always been so unlikable for so much of her career. Venus on the other hand has always been class personified.

08-09-2018 10:49pm

6 double faults from Williams in 2 sets - damming.

jamescd · 08-09-2018 10:49pm

Chivito550 wrote: »

Love the way people are building this up. It will inevitably be another 6-2 6-3 type scoreline, done and dusted in 80 minutes.

Spot on, but it was the other way round

lertsnim · 08-09-2018 10:49pm

Outrageous carry on from Serena Williams. She should be ashamed of herself but she won't be.

Niles Crane · 08-09-2018 10:50pm

Rjd2 wrote: »

Twitter is awful atm.

I mean yes call racism out when you can it most certainly exists, e.g white cops killing black kids and getting away with it and that "president", but **** of with accusing this umpire of racism.

Serena is an icon, but Jesus she has always been so unlikable for so much of her career. Venus on the other hand has always been class personified.

Sadly that is the way the world has gone, if you offer any criticism anymore of any supposed minority the racism/sexism card if pulled straight away.

lostcat · 08-09-2018 10:51pm

crowd booing at the end is a disgrace, but then again the USOpen crowd isn't usually known for decency...

major meltdown from Williams but, and although I have very little time for her, I rather thought that a coach waving his hand in the air from the box was generally ignored by umpires? she was probably surprised at least that the coach got pulled for it

EagererBeaver · 08-09-2018 10:52pm

Patrick Mouratoglou says: "If I'm honest I was coaching, [but] I don't think she looked at me."

Ramos got everything spot on. The commentary team on Amazon are an embarrassment calling it extraordinary or excessive. She threatened his career, called him a liar and called him a thief. How it's anything other than verbal abuse is beyond me.

Johnmb · 08-09-2018 10:52pm

I will say though, that this is part of tennis that I think is unfair for both players, making them sit there in such an exposed, public place, waiting for the presentation. Let them go in the back, talk to their teams, and compose themselves a little while the preparations are being made. 10 minutes might just help calm everyone down. Even in a boring final when nothing happens apart from tennis, it's still a final, and emotionally draining for both players, give them a few minutes privacy with their teams.

Joe_ Public · 08-09-2018 10:53pm

Also hope the real story of the match doesn’t get lost. Serena didn’t play well but Osaka was class, proper CLUTCH player. Did lose that service game in second but only after a titanic struggle and went and immediately got it back. Feel sorry for her if the victory is tarnished slightly by Serena’s sh!tshow. Shouldn’t be, a new star arriving is the true narrative of what we witnessed tonight.

Niles Crane · 08-09-2018 10:53pm

lostcat wrote: »

crowd booing at the end is a disgrace, but then again the USOpen crowd isn't usually known for decency...

major meltdown from Williams but, and although I have very little time for her, I rather thought that a coach waving his hand in the air from the box was generally ignored by umpires? she was probably surprised at least that the coach got pulled for it

Commentators said that he seemed to be making a push forward gesture as if instructing her to push up when returning serve.

If no coaching is allowed then really they should be up in the press box or in the dressing room where they cannot be seen by the players.

Happy4all · 08-09-2018 10:55pm

any link?

Floppybits · 08-09-2018 10:56pm

Shocking behaviour from the crowd booing. Poor Osaka getting really upset.

yerwanthere123 · 08-09-2018 10:56pm

Absolute cúnts booing in the crowd. That's the nicest thing I can say about them.

corner back 2 · 08-09-2018 10:58pm

Serena doing great job of stealing the limelight. She was beaten by a better player on the night.

Royale with Cheese · 08-09-2018 11:01pm

What a car crash

EagererBeaver · 08-09-2018 11:01pm

Osaka is distraught here. She's been robbed, despite Serena's too little, too late "don't ruin it for her" schtick.

Johnmb · 08-09-2018 11:03pm

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Osaka is distraught here. She's been robbed, despite Serena's too little, too late "don't ruin it for her" schtick.

The crowd showed an absolute and utter lack of any respect, class or decency.

splinter65 · 08-09-2018 11:06pm

Johnmb wrote: »

I will say though, that this is part of tennis that I think is unfair for both players, making them sit there in such an exposed, public place, waiting for the presentation. Let them go in the back, talk to their teams, and compose themselves a little while the preparations are being made. 10 minutes might just help calm everyone down. Even in a boring final when nothing happens apart from tennis, it's still a final, and emotionally draining for both players, give them a few minutes privacy with their teams.

If you conduct yourself like a professional throughout the match and don’t have a tantrum because the other player is better then you then you can sit waiting for the presentation and hold your head up high even though you lost.

lostcat · 08-09-2018 11:11pm

Johnmb wrote: »

The crowd showed an absolute and utter lack of any respect, class or decency.

We are just missing some 'lock her up' chants to kick in.
A lot of players get...hints...from their box a lot if the time and I think Williams can feel a bit annoyed to be pulled for it ( Toni Nadal used to basically send down faxes) , but, there's no excuse for her subsequent carry on

mickmackey1 · 08-09-2018 11:12pm

That 24-slam record is hanging like a millstone around Serena's neck, didn't think she would be so nerve-riddled in these last two finals. Quite entertaining though I must say :pac:

JustJoe7240 · 08-09-2018 11:13pm

Horrific behaviour by Serena, Really feel for Osaka this evening, much stronger player tonight.

On a funnier note, I'm watching a Euro sport 1 stream from god knows where, and they didn't notice Del Potro won last night, Their promo has Nadal V Djok for the final

Hunchback · 08-09-2018 11:16pm

I think that the umpire should not have awarded a game penalty at such a crucial time in a grand slam final. She called him a point thief, sor something. Big deal - I have seen far worse pass without sanction

Joe_ Public · 08-09-2018 11:19pm

I don’t know why the umpire should be singled out for any blame, stood firm under intense provocation and applied the rules. Serena should be directing her ire towards her coach if she needs to blow off steam, he’s the real villain of the piece, surely?

Johnmb · 08-09-2018 11:29pm

Hunchback wrote: »

I think that the umpire should not have awarded a game penalty at such a crucial time in a grand slam final. She called him a point thief, sor something. Big deal - I have seen far worse pass without sanction

That was just the straw that broke the camel's back. She didn't get the penalty for calling him a point thief, she got it for her abusiveness towards him in the run up to that point. Tennis is not a sport where you can be that abusive to one of the officials over that kind of prolonged span of time and not get a warning. It just so happened that it was her third warning in the match, so a game penalty.

JustJoe7240 · 08-09-2018 11:31pm

Hunchback wrote: »

I think that the umpire should not have awarded a game penalty at such a crucial time in a grand slam final. She called him a point thief, sor something. Big deal - I have seen far worse pass without sanction

Learn the rules. Who cares at what stage the game was awarded? She got a code violation for coaching, a 2nd code violation and point penalty for racket abuse, and a 3rd code violation, a game penalty for calling the umpire a liar and a thief?

You've seen worse than that pass without sanction, no code violation?

US Open 2018

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