No. Male players have been docked points in exactly the same way in the past. She's just playing the feminist card to excuse her unacceptable bad behavour.
I don't watch tennis to be upfront an didn't watch the match but Folks keep harking to John McEnroe which was decades ago when people's outlooks were extremely different and took entertainment from his outbursts. If you're comparing apples pick a fresh comparison. tennisrage
Yes and by profession, look at the dress code...time for a change
I literally couldn't give a shit.
Nope
Did the umpire cheat? No! Is there consistency? No! But that is the same in any sport, there is inconsistency in refereeing... Is it sexist, No! Is it racist, No! Break the rules, expect a penalty! Simple...
Her behaviour was not lady like, life is unfair and full of biased individuals, accept and move on .... however hard that may be rise above
The match was between two women, so how to answer that question. Hmmmm.....
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So what I’m reading is that it’s fairly equal.
Well done Serena for stealing the limelight away from Osaka a well deserved winner. It’s time for Serena to resign her old a** from tennis and stop pretending to be a victim of her own stupidity.
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a little over-control of Serena~ she is so thirsty of a champion for her daughter after she cameback ... guys ..just keep understanding
Umpire did right...just that Serena team started it (illegal sideline coaching) and got found out. She kicked fuss, rant and strop to cover up. She lost control n lost the match... pivot attention to poor umpiring and racism. She's shitts for her poor court behaviour. Ban her!
Bag of chips on her shoulder
We certainly Do Now see it on TV.
BBCWorld does a certain tennis player think she's better than anyone else
What about the winner she seems to be forgotten in all this. So unfair to her. So it’s not the umpires treating female tennis players unfairly but other females who can’t stand losing. Tantrums from a grown woman disgraceful.
She behaved like a spoiled brat - a multimillionaire spoiled brat - and the legacy media rush to portray her as the victim!!!
Never be a bad loser- accept it with grace
Serena couldn’t handle losing so she throws a tantrum and dominates the press with that instead. She’s a bore. Do an interview with the -winner-
Just how much coverage do you want to give to this BBC? You are so desperate to make something more out of this than it really is just because she is a black woman.
Serena needs to lear how to behave. Having a tantrum to get your own way is not the way to air grievances. All these people that are saying it is unfair, you are endorsing bad behaviour. Tail wagging the dog
I take they will be playing 5 sets soon then ?
Blown out of all proportion. Williams spoilt petulant unprofessional. Statistics show men penalised more than women. Get over it.
She is just a really bad loser. Spoilt it for great winner. Think WTA should grow some b..... and ban her but they won't. Can you imagine her reaction. Ha ha
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No.
Are you serious
So the answer is no, and the evidence clearly shows men are treated unfairly in terms of absolute fines and sets played. Funny you didn’t lead with that..
Answer to your question...Noo. No
No.
this is not a question of sex, or colour. Right question is, should tennis players be allowed to abuse umpires.
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No. Here are some facts.
No and plus it was a very high profile match so the umpire was going to be strict
Who gives a ??
The number of code violations for men was something like 88 and women 22
How many female umpires are there?
In sport we have umpires,refs to control our games.They are in charge,if the rules are broken then the person breaking them should pay the my opinion the umpire in this match was the person bullied
No. Next.
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It still pays more than working in a call centre!!
I think her coach said she was coached; the umpire ruled as per the game rules and she went off on one: so are the rules rules or are they only rules if you are someone other than her?
Just have women line judges, women umpires etc for the women’s game and men line judges, men umpires etc for the men’s game. Job done. Cannot be done for sexism then!
Different officials will have differing levels of tolerance of the rules before enforcing code violations. The problem is consistency of interpreting the laws and then being consistent in the level of enforcement regardless of whether the offender is male or female.
More bad news for Serena. she is not going to win the miss congeniality award
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No they are not, now can we stop with this non issue. We should be discussing the well deserved achievement of the winner.
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Oh just FO, BBC, with this incessant drivel ..