![]() And, more than just being an athlete, she’s become the face of hope for people of color, over the years. Coming from a poverty-stricken background, she’s stood up for what’s right. Her legacy as a sporting legend will remain untouched. ![]() Serena Williams is an icon in the tennis world for her all that she’s been through. For Serena Williams, it was her third offense and hence the game penalty. But, not often does that happen on their third offense. It’s absolutely true that male players often lose their temper on court and throw a tantrum against the officials. This is also where Serena is not entirely correct. If we go further back, John McEnroe was defaulted from Australian Open 1990 due to consecutive code violations – audible obscenity being the final nail on the coffin. But, in hindsight, all three words are directly attacking the umpire’s character and that’s not something a player should do. Of course, thief and liar, no matter how insulting they are, do not come close to that. Fabio Fognini, for example, was banned from two consecutive Grand Slams for calling a female chair umpire the c-word. But, the fact that male players have also been penalized before for verbal abuse against a match official, only outweighs her argument. Keeping in mind the sexism that’s prevalent in tennis, fair argument from her. She was visibly frustrated and said it wouldn’t have happened to a male player. Serena Williams wasn’t entirely correctĮven more surprising was Serena bringing a sexist angle to the situation. After all, it’s a bad advertisement for the sport, and Ramos needed to step in and handle the situation with more authority. It’s up to the chair umpire to not let player tantrums overshadow the game. The least he could do was to try to talk it out with Serena. On such an occasion, maybe Carlos Ramos needed to handle the situation better. This wouldn’t have drawn much attention if it were a 1st round or a 2nd round match at any random event. He didn’t, for once, talk to Serena to sort out the coaching. What Ramos did with Serena Williams was unnecessary. At 2018 US Open itself, we saw Mohamed Lahyani’s pep-talk incident with Kyrgios. Could Carlos Ramos have handled it better?ĭifferent chair umpires have different methods of dealing with players who are violating rules. It’s up to the umpire’s discretion whether he/she disqualifies the player or not. But, what they won’t understand (and that’s perfectly alright) is that the rule states – a player gets a warning for the first violation, a point penalty for the second, a game penalty for the third and subsequent violations. Since this was one of the biggest matches in tennis, a lot of casual viewers opined this was unjust. Ramos had had enough by then and gave the third and final code violation of verbal abuse, which resulted in a game penalty. They don’t have a secret code, and that, she doesn’t “cheat to win, she’d rather lose.” Following this, when the camera focused back on her coach, he could be seen smirking for a moment. But, she can be heard telling the umpire that a thumbs-up doesn’t necessarily mean she’s cheating. There’s no clear indication that Serena Williams did see the signal. Even if the concerned player didn’t actually see the signal, the umpire has complete authority to charge him/her with a violation for a crime he/she didn’t commit. ITF’s rule is a little harsh on the player in this case. ![]() Ramos found Mouratoglou cheating and hence, issued a code violation on Serena for receiving on-court coaching. Mouratoglou later admitted that he was, indeed, signaling Serena to attack the net more. It looked like a thumbs up but he was motioning both his hands back and forth, followed by a gesture that seemed as though Mouratoglou was satisfied Serena had understood what the signal meant. In the second game of the set, Serena’s coach, Patrick Mouratoglou was caught by chair umpire Ramos to be giving Serena some hand signals. But, it was Serena’s situation that made all the headlines. Osaka became the first ever Japanese – male or female – to win a singles Grand Slam title. Unfortunately for Naomi Osaka, the Japanese 20-year-old, her historic run to a first-ever Grand Slam title was spoiled by a nasty row between her competitor, Serena Williams, and the chair umpire, Carlos Ramos. ![]() Not often do we see a forgettable incident overshadow a historic match in any sport.
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