Smudge
Hall of Fame Member
Course it is.
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*Official* Tennis Thread
- Thread starter Mister Wright
- Start date
yeah it's been an incredible year for him...very quickly joining the ranks of the all-time greats...
biased indian
International Coach
she gets 2000$ fine.!!!!.....think she earned that in 45 sec court time in US open ..should have got a ban for at least one GS
shivfan
Banned
For your information, the two year probation expired before this year's US Open began....
The fine is about right, given how silly the code violation was.
BBC Sport - US Open 2011: Serena Williams fined $2,000 for umpire rant
'"The Grand Slam committee director has determined that Ms Williams' conduct, while verbally abusive, does not rise to the level of a major offence under the Grand Slam code of conduct," said a USTA statement.'
The BBC news report sounded so disappointed that Serena didn't get more....
How unknowledgeable can they be? This is not a serious offence by any stretch of the imagination. This is consistent with the punishments meted out to other players over recent years.
You cannot have a small fine for white players, and a major fine (or ban) for black players. They have to be consistent for all players....
The fine is about right, given how silly the code violation was.
BBC Sport - US Open 2011: Serena Williams fined $2,000 for umpire rant
'"The Grand Slam committee director has determined that Ms Williams' conduct, while verbally abusive, does not rise to the level of a major offence under the Grand Slam code of conduct," said a USTA statement.'
The BBC news report sounded so disappointed that Serena didn't get more....
How unknowledgeable can they be? This is not a serious offence by any stretch of the imagination. This is consistent with the punishments meted out to other players over recent years.
You cannot have a small fine for white players, and a major fine (or ban) for black players. They have to be consistent for all players....
SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
Oh **** off.For your information, the two year probation expired before this year's US Open began....
The fine is about right, given how silly the code violation was.
BBC Sport - US Open 2011: Serena Williams fined $2,000 for umpire rant
'"The Grand Slam committee director has determined that Ms Williams' conduct, while verbally abusive, does not rise to the level of a major offence under the Grand Slam code of conduct," said a USTA statement.'
The BBC news report sounded so disappointed that Serena didn't get more....
How unknowledgeable can they be? This is not a serious offence by any stretch of the imagination. This is consistent with the punishments meted out to other players over recent years.
You cannot have a small fine for white players, and a major fine (or ban) for black players. They have to be consistent for all players....
It doesn't matter if the player is black or white, the ATP and WTA need to become far more assertive when it comes to player interactions with an umpire. The players would cry ****ing blue murder if umpires talked to them the way Roddick, Serena, etc. talk, so it should not work this way.
I don't think Serena should have been banned, but the way chair umpires are treated in tennis is pretty deplorable sometimes and needs to be changed. The way Serena acted in the final, after clearly being in the wrong, was disgusting and I'd be saying the same thing if it was Serena, Stosur or Jesus Christ himself.
Flem274*
123/5
Shivfan, do not bring race into this when it's completely irrelevant. You're compiling a track record of it.For your information, the two year probation expired before this year's US Open began....
The fine is about right, given how silly the code violation was.
BBC Sport - US Open 2011: Serena Williams fined $2,000 for umpire rant
'"The Grand Slam committee director has determined that Ms Williams' conduct, while verbally abusive, does not rise to the level of a major offence under the Grand Slam code of conduct," said a USTA statement.'
The BBC news report sounded so disappointed that Serena didn't get more....
How unknowledgeable can they be? This is not a serious offence by any stretch of the imagination. This is consistent with the punishments meted out to other players over recent years.
You cannot have a small fine for white players, and a major fine (or ban) for black players. They have to be consistent for all players....
For your information, John McEnroe was once fined $65,000 for a similar offence in a time when prize money was considerably less. Williams was fined $2000 for a vile outburst and made 1.4 million from this tournament.
I don't want to have to visit this thread again for the wrong reasons. Get it sorted.
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Great to see Stosur dominate the biggest brat in Women's tennis. She so deserves her win. She has worked so hard to build her game to where it is. Let's hope she can do something similar at the Australian Open.
ohtani's jacket
State Vice-Captain
When are we going to see the media start putting some pressure on Nadal for these consecutive finals losses? Why don't they have the same expectations for him that they did for Federer?
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
He's actually taken 4 sets (1 at Indian Wells, 1 at Miami, 1 at Wimbledon and 1 at the US Open), but your point is still made. Incredible.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
If you're referring to Federer losing to Nadal and the criticism he received for it, vcs made a similar point earlier after Wimbledon.
My only retort to that is Nadal is clearly inferior to Djokovic right now. 4-6 years ago when Federer was losing to Nadal a fair bit, Federer was still far and away the #1 player in the world. He'd beat everyone bar Nadal, whereas Nadal would lose to randoms here and there, but have the upper hand over Federer.
But no doubt Djokovic has a mental edge over Nadal right now. Just look at Nadal's face in that 2nd and 4th set. He's like "wtf do I have to do to get through him?" You never see Nadal like that. In such anguish.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Tennis - ATP World Tour - Shark Bites - Djokovic's $10m Season
Freak. Earned more than Rafa in 2010 and Fed in 2007.
Freak. Earned more than Rafa in 2010 and Fed in 2007.