Did Serena Williams show a lack of sportsmanship and class by her behaviour in the US Open and later claiming sexism?

[WhitePanther88]

Yes poor sportsmanship and no class

No

Triggered!!! How dare you speak about Serena she's a national treasure. That umpire was clearly sexist by enforcing the rules and Serena had every right to verbally abuse him.

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Seems we all mostly agree that she lacked sportsmanship and had no class in how she behaved on court and later publicly making false accusations of sexism against the referee. Some umpires are considering refusing to officiate matches involving Williams in the wake of her attack on Ramos. They are all fearful that they could be the next Ramos. They feel that no one has their back when they have to make unpopular calls

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Just saw this lol
https://youtu.be/YDpvnFXQ364

[Justacatlady]

I didn't watch the match and have only watched the clips but I feel that the issue could have been handled better. Serena is a superstar and tried to use her stardom to get out of wrongdoing. The ref should have someone to calm those situations. Or at least distance himself from the person who is clearly agitated with him. I don't know anything about tennis or the rules but if a person is called out by a ref, that's it. Right? I mean you don't see football players calling ref's sexist after games for calls made during games do you?

[WhitePanther88]

I thought the ref handled it very well. Serena was just abusive.

[Justacatlady]

I just mean he shouldn't have had to keep getting berated by her. There should be someone to move her away from him after he make those tough calls

[WhitePanther88]

He should have disqualified her.

[Just_Me89]

Serena just gets her back up when she's losing.
Definitely bad sportsmanship and zero class. It's not the first time she's acted in this way.
I'm sick of her.

[WhitePanther88]

If a male tennis player had spoken to a female umpire he'd been escorted out by security and banned from playing again.

[Anonymous]

always knew she was a racist, classless, sexist, bitch. Now the world gets to see as well. I heard her DEMANDING that the ref apologize to her. haha. That tells me all I need to know about this self-absorbed "queen". She should have shut the eff up and played instead of verbally attacking the ref and his character. She deserves all bad things that come of this. Hopefully she can move on and grow up now that she's finished.

[Princessofpersis777]

stfu white bitch

[WhitePanther88]

@Princessofpersis777 racist much?

[Logorithim]

She did, and it's wasn't just a "in the heat of the Moment" Thing either, given what she said at the press conference and the fact she hasn't apologized for her lack of sportsmanship (also to Osaka).

I'm missing how this could have been sexism when her Opponent was a Woman.

[WhitePanther88]

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Being caught and penalized for cheating is not sexism.

[Logorithim]

Thanks for the MHO

[nightdrot]

Certainly a lack of sportsmanship. Arguably a lack of class. Definitely a lack of perspective.

For heaven's sake, it was a tennis match. Yet Ms. Williams seems to have invested it with universal significance and made it a prism through which we should judge society and the human soul.

Not for Ms. Williams the stoic self-discipline of the athlete. Rather, in response to her poor performance we get rationalizations shouted at the top of her voice. To which is added the usual bleatings of the spoilt child of how the ref was unfair and the rules stacked against her.

In this, it must be said, she lives up to - or perhaps more accurately she lives down to - the worst stereotypes of her generation. Whinny, self-pitying and self-absorbed.

A lesson for adults: The race is not always to the swift. Nor riches to men of understanding and an unscrupulous Providence consigns innocence to suffering. Put more simply - life is unfair. Deal with it.

To which Ms. Williams should be given some insight. If the worst thing that happens to her this year is that she loses a tennis match under disputed conditions, she should count herself fortunate. Children in Syria should be so lucky.

[madgoat]

It is extremely disappointing to hear the leading female tennis player of her generation cry sexism when she has a strop on court, goes on to call him a thief, demands an apology.
It also falls into every stereotypical behaviour women are accused of. There may be many reasons for this that we are not party to but when even a journalist can point to examples where men get the same treatment, her claim for fighting for equality does not cut it.

[WhitePanther88]

A lot of people owe the umpire an apology. St least his fellow umpires stuck by him or he would have been thrown to the wolves. She ruined Osaka's first grand slam with her accusations of unfairness

[OfDeath]

A couple of the top male players like Nova Djokovic (winner U. S open 2018) and Rafael Nadal made supportive statements about her but in my opinion they were just staying politically correct.

I personally think her behaviour was appalling and the sexism card was ingeniously played. It's been a historic issue in tennis.

[WhitePanther88]

If you think about it if a male player had behaved that way to a female umpire hed be banned from tennis for life.
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[OfDeath]

Absolutely

[fallen_wings]

yeah. I used to think highly of her, and now she's just short tempered and irritable. poor Osaka

[WhitePanther88]

Steroids I guess

[Massageman]

She lost her first point due to illegal coaching via hand signals. She lost the second point for slamming her racquet into the ground and breaking it. When she continued her tirade, she lost more than another point! She has a history of disrespecting the sport, its dress code, etc.

[ScottSummers]

she was wrong
and the umpire rightfully took the point from her
also *men do worse stuff and nothing* isn't an excuse for her shitty behavior. Men should get penalties too for what they do same as Serena was in this case rightfully so. She was a bully who doesn't know how to lose, i just feel bad for Osaka.

[Outofthegrey]

I feel bad for her competitor. It was a career high to get that win, which was absolutely fairly won, and then this bitch goes apeshit and calls people sexist and thieves. It's not the first time she's pulled this crap.

[Mexicoman101]

I don't really care enough to closely examine the situation. Seems pretty petty and meaningless. From what I've heard it makes me think they're using sexism as a ploy but I don't know maybe they're right. Don't care.

[Toad-1]

thats wasist!

[OlderAndWiser]

Serena was obviously out of line. I don't know if there is a double standard being applied but, if there is, you address that problem by punishing both genders when they violate the rules.

[ivanhunterjo]

Serena Williams let her ego get the best of her and that in turn ruined what should have been a someone else's big moment in the spotlight instead of her. That's embarrassing for feminism as a whole

[WhitePanther88]

Yeah because she shit on another woman's success

[JCT666]

Sexism? Eh... Did she not compete with a woman too?

[WhitePanther88]

Exactly. If Osaka had been white it would have been called sexism and racism too I'm sure.

[JCT666]

Haha, that would cause a shitstorm for sure.

[WhitePanther88]

The red be BLM and antifa protests outside his home.

[Bandit74]

I think she did. The 20 year old girl who beat her has a lot more class and humility than she does. Serena has a really obnoxious personality/attitude in my opinion.

[WhereAmI]

Unclassy. But look at other famous tennis pros like John McEnroe tossing a hissy fit and you'll see its not completely uncommon.

[WhereAmI]

https://youtu.be/C8Nyc9jzSDg

[WhereAmI]

Here he's just mad.

[WhitePanther88]

And he was unpunished?

[WhereAmI]

Good question. I don't think he was but that was back in the 80s before my time.

[ADFSDF1996]

She sure did. I don’t know why some people like to draw the “sexism card” to excuse bad behavior. The video clearly shows her being a bad sport.

[Rissyanne]

She acted like a spoiled brat.

[WhitePanther88]

Thst she did. She ruined Osaka' s moment of her first grand slam.

[anametouse]

I'm confused. She's pissed at the humping air man and the air thrusting wasn't for her? Then claims the ref was a thief because he hasn't taken a point from a man? Can someone explain this to me I honestly don't understand what's happening here

[hasrett]

She was annoying and that was the weirdest 'thumbs up' ever.

[Catholicgirl22]

Yes very poor sportsmanship and an unfair attack on the umpire, he should probably sue

[Harsh_Ch]

Poor sportsmanship, no class, and injects testosterone for better performance... further proving the fact that women need to become men in order to acheive better things

[Anonymous]

She's just a spoiled brat who hates losing

[Pink2000]

I’m sure you’d hate losing to if you worked as hard as she has

[WhitePanther88]

@Pink2000 She ruined Osaka's moment.

[Pink2000]

Osaka is fine

[WhitePanther88]

@Pink2000 Yeah she's fine have her great moment taken away from her. She just won her first grand slam and is the first Japanese woman to do so but now Serena, the media and SJW's are claiming she didn't and that she only won due to sexism.

[Opinion Owner]

Of course I don't like to lose, but I don't HATE to lose and I'm not going to have a tantrum over it for the whole world to see.

[WhitePanther88]

I'm sure your not going to go into a sexist tirade against an umpire and make false allegations about him and attempt to ruin his career because you are a mega star.

[pervertedjester]

Tennis needs press as always because no one cares otherwise

https://youtu.be/Xea1KKEgOco

[Guanfei]

Looks like to me that miss Williams got big-headed, her #1 place went to his head and she thought she could do anything.

[Hoggy1]

She has no sportsmanship and also she shows that she doesn't like losing

[Pink2000]

She’s pissed off and frustrated. She acted in the moment.

[WhitePanther88]

Maybe but the umpire didn't deserve that abuse for doing his job, she also shouldn't have branded him a sexist afterwards at the press conference. At the press conference she should have just put her hands up and admitted fault and accepted that she was punished for cheating and her behaviour and abuse rather than whip up a media storm to ruin the umpires life.

[MisterSir]

Triggered!!! How dare you speak about Serena she's a national treasure. That umpire was clearly sexist by enforcing the rules and Serena had every right to verbally abuse him.

[AnnasiaB]

But to be honest, she has every right to act the way she did, even if it meant that she had to lash out on that dude.

[WhitePanther88]

What right? What puts her above the rules and gives her the right to verbally abuse someone who was just doing his job? What right did she have to make false allegations of sexism? If the Umpire had be a woman there would have been no allegation of sexism which is sexist of Serena.
She ruined Naomi Osaka's victory as the first Japanese player to win a grand slam.

[dontgofalling]

Dude you're sending me really boringly irrelevant questions

[Anonymous]

Serena Williams feels entitled to win because she is so good. When she doesn't win, she doesn't react well because she feels entitled to win. She was getting outplayed before the drama happened.

[BeenShook]

Yes and the worst part is how her poor behavior takes away from what should be a very proud moment for Osaka

[Anonymous]

Pretty much. You just dont attack the referee ever.

[Anonymous]

men disrespect and threaten umpires and referees. I think it's racism than sexism. They can't stand to see black excellence. it kills them on the inside😂💜

[WhitePanther88]

If men disrespect and threaten umpires security is called.
Black excellence? Nobody cares, we were happy to watch 20 year old Japanese excellence

[Opinion Owner]

so I guess the one drop rule doesn't apply when that person is successful huh lol she's still black hypocrite

[WhitePanther88]

The drop one rule is kkk/democrat racial doctrine. She identifies as Japanese just like obama identifies as black. You just can't appropriate Osaka just because she's won.

[Opinion Owner]

the one drop rule to white people doesn't apply when they find the other person attractive, smart, successful or talented. it only applies when a person is totally opposite from that so they can safely say " see that's why we have these stereotypes all n words are like this". I'm sure she will be popular in Japan too even though they don't like black people because she's getting popular now. Let's be real, the world doesn't work like this. People can be so pathetic.

[WhitePanther88]

Yeah people can be racist, often those that complain about racism in 2018

[Opinion Owner]

and people like you who deny it. #whiteprivilege #alllivesmatter #thisdoesntconcernme #noshitskin #1488 #whiteprideworldwide

[NEOTUNIA2U]

She did nothing wrong. He stole a point from her.

[NEOTUNIA2U]

They complained about her catsuit prior to this incident.

[NEOTUNIA2U]

She showed good sportsmanship towards Osaka. She called out injustice.

[NEOTUNIA2U]

Thanks for the downvotes, it shows that you have no respect for the opinions of how I view things. Why ask the question if you cannot accept to hear the girls point of view on this side of things? FROM HERE ON I will refrain answering your type of questions.

[WhitePanther88]

She cheated

[NEOTUNIA2U]

Where is the Proof?

[WhitePanther88]

In the video. Coaching is not allowed

[NEOTUNIA2U]

which one?

[NEOTUNIA2U]

It only shows the movement from the coach but not serena looking at her coach.

[WhitePanther88]

Doesn't matter. Rules are rules

[WhitePanther88]

She lost her first point due to illegal coaching via hand signals. She lost the second point for slamming her racquet into the ground and breaking it. When she continued her tirade, she lost more than another point! She has a history of disrespecting the sport, its dress code, etc.

[NEOTUNIA2U]

Her coach is the one at fault, I did not see her cheat with handsigns anywhere in the video.

[NEOTUNIA2U]

Yea she acted out which was wrong reaction too. She was fined. What more do you want out if this post to keep on hating on her because she is a woman?

[WhitePanther88]

The coach is part of her team, she behaved badly and verbally abused the umpire. Her sex does not excuse what she did. Being female is not a get out of jail card and the way she abused and made accusations against that umpire was very sexist.

[NEOTUNIA2U]

More like woman of color is that why guys are so against me here on this site. A black guy here hated a woman on here because she is halfbreed? What kind of sick mind do you all harbor against people especially on women that dont have blue eyes like browneye57 he has blue eyes and he's a nazi! You cannot deny that you are racist too. You pretend you care about justice.

[NEOTUNIA2U]

And an extremist sexist too. You support the mgtows, incels. On tinder, facebook, whats app, kik, quora, pogo, reddit and on this site too!

[NEOTUNIA2U]

Not too mention okcupid too!

[WhitePanther88]

Being a woman and non-white does not give you a pass to cheat, verbally abuse a person or act in a threatening manner. I care about justice and equality but you expect special treatment obviously.
Most black women I've met in my life would never date a white man, when it comes to interracial dating the same is not true for white men, black men, Asian men, white women, Asian women etc. @Browneye57 are you a Nazi?
My wife has pale skin, blue eyes and red hair does that make me a Nazi?

[WhitePanther88]

mgtows and incels are basically hurt lonely guys. They deserve sympathy not hate.
I'm not on tinder, facebook, whats app, kik, quora, pogo, reddit or any of that.

[NEOTUNIA2U]

Bullshit! You catfish people everywhere too, including
To me when I first joined last year.

[WhitePanther88]

I joined on the 8/15/2018.
I ask questions I feel or relevant or am curious about such as this one about Serena Williams lack of class and sportsmanship.

[Browneye57]

Ah, now I see what her problem is... the race card again. pfft
Always playing the victim just doesn't look good on you. GAG is color blind - there's no way to determine race or ethnicity unless you post a pic or say so.
Calling me a nazi just makes you look dumb. Oh well. You don't have to be any certain race to be dumb.

[NEOTUNIA2U]

@Browneye57 you called the girl who asked about being celibate for 3 years , a mentally ill BSC!! You already shown your hatred towards women who chose to be celibates but you refuse to insult the incels and mgtows they are celibates too. I am all race which is the human race I do not play the race card, I call out injustice when I

[NEOTUNIA2U]

See them being treated unfairly like most women who have her own values and goals to choose freely.

[NEOTUNIA2U]

You are the force behind Incels, MGTOWS. You are a terrorist in disguise. This site is breeding grounds for terrorists like you and your followers including Mr. Oracle spreading sexual diseases among the unsuspecting ladies on here!! You laugh at us behind closed doors.

[NEOTUNIA2U]

I also sympathize men who are involuntarily celibates because of some women hating on them due to nefarious reasons like their height or race etc.

[NEOTUNIA2U]

I do not sympathize mgtows because they played mind games to hurt me and other women on purpose with

[NEOTUNIA2U]

Promises of relationships and constantly lie to us just to damage our self esteem

[NEOTUNIA2U]

That reeks of hatred terrorizing women to not trust men again.

[NEOTUNIA2U]

Whitepanther88 men also have set an example in sports lashing out at umps, referees etc for many countless times and some of them were ignored not penalized. Women learn to become like men because they also are put down by men in anegative manner due to "being weak" to infuriate them. Single

[NEOTUNIA2U]

Double standards consuming the peace and equality for all.

[Browneye57]

You're really not that bright are you?

[NEOTUNIA2U]

@Browneye57 see another insult to try to damage my self esteem.

[NEOTUNIA2U]

Blackhats try to control my keyboard on my phone.

[Browneye57]

I have nothing to do with your self esteem - that's on you. Where in the world do you come up with this crap? Everything outside of you is to blame, isn't it? It's never brought on by your own thoughts and actions, right?

'Blackhats'. OMFG. LOL

[NEOTUNIA2U]

@Browneye57 the truth in me.

[Jaded214]

I think her behavior was fine. Men act worse and nothing is said.

[WhitePanther88]

Have you an example in the U. S. open of a man acting worse?

[massb]

Lool are you blind the guy in the video did the same exact thing and they did the same thing to him 😂. Also Most tennis players knows that umpire is harsh and doesn’t mess around it’s not because she’s a girl that’s just how he is. Is done it in the past to many other players

[WhitePanther88]

@massb If you think about it if a male player had behaved that way to a female umpire he'd be banned from tennis for life. Women say
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Women claim a double standard that when a woman is emotional she is called hysterical but a man when he is emotional is called outspoken but the opposite is true as if a man behaved the way Serena did he wouldn't have been called hysterical or outspoken instead he'd have been called aggressive and threatening and probably would have been escorted out by security.

[WhitePanther88]

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[massb]

Exactly, women always think we treat them bad when we treat everyone the same. They just can’t handle fair treatment

[WhitePanther88]

@massb if anything she was sexist towards the umpire as she would never have claimed sexism if the umpire was a woman or one of the 50 other invented genders.

[massb]

Exactly bro , as I always say women think with their emotion not with their brain

[ThisDudeHere]

Can anyone summarize what happened?

[WhitePanther88]

She lost her first point due to illegal coaching via hand signals. She lost the second point for slamming her racquet into the ground and breaking it. When she continued her tirade, she lost more than another point! She has a history of disrespecting the sport, its dress code, etc.

[Browneye57]

Of course. Another SJW.

[Dingsbums]

I’d say so

[Just_A_Guy2018]

Who is she?

[douride2]

From what I saw of it she most certainly did.

[Anon-ymous1]

Yeah a bit.

[LegateLanius]

Sore loser

[Hugemoth]

Sore loser.

[Dchrls78104]

Yes.

[Secretgardenblood]

I don't know her

[Pink2000]

Whoa.

[fitemeat]

the ref was a moron