in which specific match were nadal and djokovic 1) coached (by their own coaches' admission 2) broke their racquets AND 3) engaged in prolonged verbal abuse of the empire and carried it to the court (so it was not just limited to changeover, as navratilova pointed out). please stop muddying the water. if serena merely abused the umpire she wouldn't have lost the game. if she merely broke her racquet she wouldn't have lost the game. if she only did two out of the 3 things, she should have merely lost a point. but SHE DID ALL THREE THINGS IN THE SAME MATCH. other players even when behaving obnoxiously don't usually do this which is why game penalty is rare. |
It works for the top male players. |
please explain how exactly does it work for top male players? everyone hates players who do this a lot which is why kyrgios is one of the most disliked players on tour, male or female. |
Google Djokovic and his tantrums. |
You do not understand women are not held to a standard. Remember for feminists nothing is their fault. |
| So, help me out here... I just watched the video and obviously she was very upset yelling how she doesn't cheat, it's not fair...etc. Didn't her coach confessed about the game that he was coaching her? If so, she not only cheated, but also lied?? |
djokovic is not particularly notable for his tantrums. if he is skating by anything, it's time between the points and injury timeouts/retirements earlier in his career. as I already explained and you have that spelled out nicely in Navratilova' op-ed it's the cumulative effect of Serena's behavior that cost her the game. djokovic gets warnings for his tantrums, too - but then he is careful not to also break his racquet etc. Serena is the same btw - and if she thought she could Have won the match no way would she litigate coaching warning all over again. but she knew she was going to lose so she didn't care enough to restrain herself. if the match were close no way would she behave like this. |
she probably didn't see his signs. but as Navratilova explained, the player is responsible for her coach's signs. |
+1 and he's also one of the most penalized. People act like male players destroy their racquets without any consequence....simply isn't the case. |
But, Americans want a different standard. They are above the law, you know? |
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/tennis/martina-navratilova-what-serena-got-wrong/ar-BBN9mhY[url]
For all those arguing about the double standard, read this and you will know that you need to watch it to see it. She got the warning early in the second set and not much came out of it. She continued to play. When she lost another game and was down 3-1, she smashed her raquet and got a violation, which is standard and not discretionary. After that the tantrum came on full blown calling back to coaching that was already done and in the past. She had a tantrum because she was losing, plain and simple. She never got a point deducted for coaching. If she is that outraged why didn't she immediately have a tantrum? |
The article says they need to look into the sexism it does not say it does not exist. |
American and black, she can literally do anything she wants. Don't challenge her -- or you and yours may well be bombed. |
umm.. this is what some of us have been explaining throughout the thread. some posters simply refused to listen and insist that she was docked a game merely because she dared challenge the umpire. |