Tennis

[Captain]

I can't believe you managed to drag Ali into this.

[Anny Road]

I think she is the only woman ever to have had a baby.

[Scott_M]

I’ve only seen what was on BBC earlier but to me, she’s acted like a dick head.

[Hades]

I’ve only seen what was on BBC earlier

Think she's married to a white man.

[Numero Veinticinco]

Think she's married to a white man.

Oh, that bitch!

[KMD7]

Hideous, mannish cunt.

Would.

[Rico1304]

I think she had a point in that men get away with much worse behaviour without losing a game. On the back of the fine for the player who was fturning her top round. Double standards.

[Creator Supreme]

If the double standards are there (they are) that's a problem that needs sorting (and the fine for the lass turning her top around on court was a fucking joke), but she's experienced enough to know that penalties for violations such as hers will be forthcoming!

 

She's been an immense player who is starting to slow down (and would have been even without giving birth), and she just has to face that with more class than she has shown there. It's a tribute to her ability that she's still getting to finals.

[Moo]

I think she had a point in that men get away with much worse behaviour without losing a game. On the back of the fine for the player who was fturning her top round. Double standards.

I'm not so sure, you'd have to see an exact same scenario in the men's game to cry double standards. The game was docked on the third warning, she kicked off first over the coaching warning (which the coach has admitted to) then she smashed her racquet, then she had the big melt down. All code violations, one after the other in quick succession.

I don't know if there's another such example in the modern men's game of someone just losing it, or if the men always manage to just stay on the right side of the law as most of the women do most of the time, but McEnroe was disqualified from the Australian Open for similar.

Alize Cornet turning her shirt round on the court at the start of a game, again has there been the same example overlooked in the men's game or do they always change their shirt at their chair as is the rule?

 

I've said a couple of times Williams might have had a point, but without the other examples it's uncertain, though I don't doubt there is inequality in tennis. And I don't doubt Williams using this to highlight such an issue is a cynical attempt to look after her reputation.

[Captain Howdy]

Felt for Osaka there

[Moo]

She also told the crowd to congratulate Osaka during the on-court interview, so hardly disrespectful toward her opponent as well.

She didn't have much choice but to help diffuse a situation which was of her making. She's very adept at looking after her public image once the heat of the moment has passed.

 

I mentioned Navratilova as an example of someone who dealt with challenges and opposition in her career much more calmly and respectfully than Serena Williams but I didn't need to, she can look much closer to home at her own sister as a player who's faced exactly the same challenges as she has but not acted such a cunt.

[DJLJ]

Felt for Osaka there

Yup. Her, by far, biggest moment so far in tennis, ruined by the behaviour of Williams.

[Dr Nowt]

Yet another sour and graceless display during defeat. Not the first time she’s gone beyond abusing an official to blatant bullying of them. What does she expect if she behaves like that? Would be a fucking disgrace if she was allowed to get away with it, I have way more sympathy with her opponent.

 

Telling an umpire he’ll never be on one of her courts again and the way in which she was instructing him to apologise to her was just fucking gross, entitled and highly unpleasant behaviour. It’s obviously a do you know who I am threat that she’s bigger than him and he’ll suffer for crossing her.

 

To then try and turn it into men get away with this and this has happened to me too many times - i.e. intimating there’s a sinister reason for it - is a cunt’s trick. Good on them for not letting her get away with it.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

She has every right to call sexism if she thinks there's inequality.

 

I look forward to her lobbying to play five sets each match.

[KMD7]

Yet another sour and graceless display during defeat. Not the first time she’s gone beyond abusing an official to blatant bullying of them. What does she expect if she behaves like that? Would be a fucking disgrace if she was allowed to get away with it, I have way more sympathy with her opponent.

 

Telling an umpire he’ll never be on one of her courts again and the way in which she was instructing him to apologise to her was just fucking gross, entitled and highly unpleasant behaviour. It’s obviously a do you know who I am threat that she’s bigger than him and he’ll suffer for crossing her.

 

To then try and turn it into men get away with this and this has happened to me too many times - i.e. intimating there’s a sinister reason for it - is a cunt’s trick. Good on them for not letting her get away with it.

Yeah agree with this. Sad scenes when the umpire has to be escorted off court.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

She is a horrible cunt. She is working for equality. Try playing five sets.

[Moo]

She is a horrible cunt. She is working for equality. Try playing five sets.

She is a horrible cunt but that's a bit of a bullshit argument really. The men only play five sets in four tournaments a year, while the tennis "season" runs from January to November. Throughout the year the men and women have the same playing schedule, the same training schedule, the same coaching costs, the same accommodation and travel costs. Many, if not all, of the women are in favour of paying five sets at the Grand Slams, Williams herself suggesting seven sets. It doesn't appear to be the women themselves who are preventing the change, it's the different tennis associations.

[Scott_M]

#Mememememememeto

[Bjornebye]

He saw her cock on a serve apparently.

[Trumo]

She was trying to throw her weight around and intimidate the official, and she has got previous for this sort of thing too. Arguing along the lines of gender inequality over a situation that had nothing to do with gender was just her attempt to drag the argument to a viewpoint that would make the official out to be the bad guy when he was simply following the rule book. She even mentioned her daughter which has no relevance to any of this. Demanding an apology in the most obnoxious "I am more important than you" manner just showed that she thinks she should be viewed differently in light of her achievements. All those ex-pros praising her for speaking out are missing the point that she wasn't speaking out for equality or any just cause, she was speaking out because the match was getting away from her.

 

When it comes to the rule book, the authorities have to look at whether certain differences in the men's and women's game are fair. Alize Cornet was penalised for changing her kit on the court (even though she was out of sight of the crowd at the time) rather than in the locker room. If they are going to look at this fairly, either the men have to change shirts in the locker room too, or the women be allowed to change courtside (and out of view) the way Cornet did.

 

As for the official talking to Kyrgios and asking him not to give up, I have no real issue with that. Kyrgios has had matches in the past where he has seemingly given up, as has his compatriot Bernard Tomic who did it more blatantly and openly admitted he didn't give a fuck about winning tennis matches, only making the money.

 

A lot of shit needs to be addressed in the sport, but pandering to Serena's whims isn't one of them.

[lifetime fan]

She was trying to throw her weight around and intimidate the official, and she has got previous for this sort of thing too. Arguing along the lines of gender inequality over a situation that had nothing to do with gender was just her attempt to drag the argument to a viewpoint that would make the official out to be the bad guy when he was simply following the rule book. She even mentioned her daughter which has no relevance to any of this. Demanding an apology in the most obnoxious "I am more important than you" manner just showed that she thinks she should be viewed differently in light of her achievements. All those ex-pros praising her for speaking out are missing the point that she wasn't speaking out for equality or any just cause, she was speaking out because the match was getting away from her.

 

When it comes to the rule book, the authorities have to look at whether certain differences in the men's and women's game are fair. Alize Cornet was penalised for changing her kit on the court (even though she was out of sight of the crowd at the time) rather than in the locker room. If they are going to look at this fairly, either the men have to change shirts in the locker room too, or the women be allowed to change courtside (and out of view) the way Cornet did.

 

As for the official talking to Kyrgios and asking him not to give up, I have no real issue with that. Kyrgios has had matches in the past where he has seemingly given up, as has his compatriot Bernard Tomic who did it more blatantly and openly admitted he didn't give a fuck about winning tennis matches, only making the money.

 

A lot of shit needs to be addressed in the sport, but pandering to Serena's whims isn't one of them.

 

 

 

If female tennis players want to change their tops at courtside then they should be allowed!

[Dr Nowt]

Djokovic two sets to love up.

 

2nd set lasted an hour and 35 minutes. Del Potro squandering a number of break points and flunking what should have been a routine winner for 4-1 in the tie break.

 

14th grand slam title for Djokovic if he sees this out now.

[lebron]

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[Stickman]

It's the classic Mourinho/Ferguson ploy of blame the officials for having a meltdown and being outplayed, then hey presto it's not your shortcomings or the wonderful play of your opponent we are talking about but it's the umpires and how hard done by you were.

She had a major meltdown as she thought she only had to turn up to beat Osaka and equal Margaret Court but instead she got her arse shown to her and as with most bullies they don't like it. 

That girl may never win another major and the one she has won will be remembred for Williams's shitty behaviour

Anyone in any doubt about Williams being a cunt when things go wrong here she is threatening a (female) line judge with death for having the temerity for foot faulting her

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKoG4C-XZQg

[sir roger]

Can't believe all the tennis people fawning round her , mostly saying that the umpire was right , but ...

 

There may be valid arguments around inequalities in the women / men's game and possible rule changes needed , but Williams wasn't doing it for any of this , she was doing it because she is couldn't handle being humiliated at her own tournament & she is a horrible person when things do not go right for her.