09-09-2018, 03:57 PM
Serena has been fined $17,000 for the three code violations yesterday.
I think Serena may have a point in terms of sexism in professional tennis. It was asinine that she was banned from wearing her catsuit uniform recently.
Regarding yesterday's Finals specifically, Umpire Ramos is reportedly a tight-ass in terms of enforcing the rules, with men and women alike. But, he doesn't always penalize men for sideline coaching. So, I don't know if Ramos would have penalized a man for the same behavior or not. But Serena is confident he would not have (and Billie Jean King is voicing strong support for Serena's sexism complaint).
I do think that some of the pundits' and fans' assertions that Serena was a victim of racism yesterday are unreasonable though. A Portuguese umpire penalizes an American black woman, playing against a Haitian-Japanese American, and somehow Serena is a victim of umpire racism? Pffft.
I think Serena may have a point in terms of sexism in professional tennis. It was asinine that she was banned from wearing her catsuit uniform recently.
Regarding yesterday's Finals specifically, Umpire Ramos is reportedly a tight-ass in terms of enforcing the rules, with men and women alike. But, he doesn't always penalize men for sideline coaching. So, I don't know if Ramos would have penalized a man for the same behavior or not. But Serena is confident he would not have (and Billie Jean King is voicing strong support for Serena's sexism complaint).
I do think that some of the pundits' and fans' assertions that Serena was a victim of racism yesterday are unreasonable though. A Portuguese umpire penalizes an American black woman, playing against a Haitian-Japanese American, and somehow Serena is a victim of umpire racism? Pffft.