I have seen Serena play before and I know that she has broken many rackets so she this is not the first time this has happened but she doesn’t get penalized every time. She didn’t need to freak out so much and I think she needs to control her anger more in future matches.
Throughout this match and events, I do believe that Serena was out of line. The umpire gave her appropriate warnings and consequences, and she did not act respectfully. Serena should respect the rules and regulations for tennis and should not have behaved the way she did after breaking them.
I think Serena could have acted more mature instead of throwing her racket on the ground and bring her kid into the situation which was not right. I believe she was more of a poor sport because she demanded an apology and caused a scene that made it worse for her.
I think that Serena Williams was a poor sport because you have to respect the umpire no matter what he is in charge of the game. She let that call get in her head and she could never recover from it. Then I feel like she lost control of herself when she slammed her racket and demanded an apology from the umpire.
I think she is a poor sport because if she was a class act she would have handled it better. She was just screaming and whining and broke her racket. Not classy.
I think Serena’s behavior was more of a class act because it was not exactly appropriate for her to show out in public her feeling even though it was a tough loss on her but I feel like she didn’t need to express her feelings towards the referee that way and so strong.
I think it is fair that she approached the referee the first time because you can respectfully question the call. The second offense was very inappropriate on Serena’s part. When Serena asked the ref to apologize later, that was a risk she decided to take. Of course her question would be offensive. Just because every coach does it doesn’t make it legal in the sport.
In the end if you watched the match Serena wasn’t the stronger opponent. The point deductions didn’t make a difference. I think the situation could have been handled better but I can understand the frustration she was going through. I was mainly disappointed to see so much of the spotlight taken away from first time finalist and champion Naomi Osaka. Her victory was almost just overshadowed by all the controversy when it all didn’t have an affect on the match. I don’t know, probably could have gone down better.
I think Serena’s behavior had to do more with class. throughout the match, she was acting out of line. the referee gave her multiple warnings and consequences and she did not take them. yes it was a tough loss, but regardless of whether you won or lost, you should ALWAYS be classy and not be a jerk. you win with class and you loose with class. no matter what.
At first when seeing in this in the news I thought of Williams as more of a class act who was standing up for herself. After reading this I now see how Williams reaction was out of line from regulations and that the referee/umpire may have just simply been doing his job.
Serena Williams is an awful sport. A year later, she loses again and continues to portray herself as a victim without giving credit to the opponent who beat her. The media worships her, but her sportsmanship isn’t commendable. She’s no Roger Federer.
She is a sorry excuse for being an athlete. She is good and that I agree but her poor sportsmanship and victim mentality is just too much. Grow up! The world does not evolve around you.
I have seen Serena play before and I know that she has broken many rackets so she this is not the first time this has happened but she doesn’t get penalized every time. She didn’t need to freak out so much and I think she needs to control her anger more in future matches.
Throughout this match and events, I do believe that Serena was out of line. The umpire gave her appropriate warnings and consequences, and she did not act respectfully. Serena should respect the rules and regulations for tennis and should not have behaved the way she did after breaking them.
I think Serena could have acted more mature instead of throwing her racket on the ground and bring her kid into the situation which was not right. I believe she was more of a poor sport because she demanded an apology and caused a scene that made it worse for her.
I think that Serena Williams was a poor sport because you have to respect the umpire no matter what he is in charge of the game. She let that call get in her head and she could never recover from it. Then I feel like she lost control of herself when she slammed her racket and demanded an apology from the umpire.
I think she is a poor sport because if she was a class act she would have handled it better. She was just screaming and whining and broke her racket. Not classy.
I dont think that it was classy because she just whined and broke her racket instead of being an adult about it.
I think it was a poor sport because she could have handled it way better than she did.
I think Serena’s behavior was more of a class act because it was not exactly appropriate for her to show out in public her feeling even though it was a tough loss on her but I feel like she didn’t need to express her feelings towards the referee that way and so strong.
I think it is fair that she approached the referee the first time because you can respectfully question the call. The second offense was very inappropriate on Serena’s part. When Serena asked the ref to apologize later, that was a risk she decided to take. Of course her question would be offensive. Just because every coach does it doesn’t make it legal in the sport.
i think she was a poor sport and could have handled it better.
In the end if you watched the match Serena wasn’t the stronger opponent. The point deductions didn’t make a difference. I think the situation could have been handled better but I can understand the frustration she was going through. I was mainly disappointed to see so much of the spotlight taken away from first time finalist and champion Naomi Osaka. Her victory was almost just overshadowed by all the controversy when it all didn’t have an affect on the match. I don’t know, probably could have gone down better.
I think Serena’s behavior had to do more with class. throughout the match, she was acting out of line. the referee gave her multiple warnings and consequences and she did not take them. yes it was a tough loss, but regardless of whether you won or lost, you should ALWAYS be classy and not be a jerk. you win with class and you loose with class. no matter what.
At first when seeing in this in the news I thought of Williams as more of a class act who was standing up for herself. After reading this I now see how Williams reaction was out of line from regulations and that the referee/umpire may have just simply been doing his job.
I think Serena should have handled the reffing situation better, but how she handled the awards was honorable.
Serena should have acted more mature and not thrown her racket like she did. She demanded an apology where she was wrong
Serena Williams is an awful sport. A year later, she loses again and continues to portray herself as a victim without giving credit to the opponent who beat her. The media worships her, but her sportsmanship isn’t commendable. She’s no Roger Federer.
She is a sorry excuse for being an athlete. She is good and that I agree but her poor sportsmanship and victim mentality is just too much. Grow up! The world does not evolve around you.