I can't believe the outrage over Serena. I used to play quite a bit of tennis, and, it is one of the last remaining sporting events that tries to have a sense of decorum.
Serena has the "double bonus" of the loss of the point due to both racism and sexism. Both are ridiculous.
As Clean mentioned above, the first 2 warnings were without question. The ref had even given her a verbal warning about the coaching signs during a change over.
What most people who didn't see the actual match, but are making racist/sexist assumptions is Serena, unlike the men, would not let the ref's "mistakes" go. She kept complaining, accusing, and demanding an apology long after the incident should have been over. She has always been a great player, but an incredibly poor sport when losing. She can't abide the fact that she is playing poorly, so she takes it out on something or someone. If I had been the ref, I would have slapped the 3rd penalty much sooner.
What many people don't realize (all my p**** hat wearing Face bookers) don't get is that MOST pro tennis players, ESPECIALLY those with years of experience, don't ever let things get to the third warning. It's like a soccer player who has a yellow card, you have to tread a little lightly so you won't get a second and get kicked out of the game.
They may have one huge outburst, take the warning, and go about playing the game. Think of John McEnroe, or Jimmy Conners. As bad as they were, I can recall many tirades, but only one huge rant in one match.
I am so tired of women, and social police talking about things they know nothing about, and sharing sharing sharing their opinion.
Martina Navratilova, the Serena of her time, and Margaret Court, the Serena of her time, have both spoken out against Serena's behavior. As Martina said, "there were so many times I had the racket in my hand, and wanted to smash it in to a hundred pieces, but then I would think of the children that might be watching, and my hand would relax".
Decorum is dead.
