Comments on: Women’s tennis: That number one spot http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2009/10/womens-tennis-the-number-one-spot/ Independent Sports News and Opinion Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Skip http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2009/10/womens-tennis-the-number-one-spot/comment-page-1/#comment-5577 Skip Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:31:27 +0000 http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/?p=8294#comment-5577 Serena is great! Do you know how many horrible calls she's gotten over the years, with the 2006 Capriotti match leading to the imposition of player challenges and Hawkeye because they were so bad against Serena. If I were she, I'd be incredibly pissed, too! And who are these linespeople anyway? The gal who nuked Serena at the US Open looked like a little chinese grandma--shuffling around in that oversized windbreaker. It was ridiculous. Who was that woman? If anyone might be prejudiced against tough, athletic, black women like Serena, it sure seems like that little chinese woman might be. I think players should be able to challenge umpires and linespeople with tournament officials during matches. They have way too much power. And now there needs to be hawkeye for foot faults. It's way too easy for these folks to make wrong calls that no one--not even the umpire--can witness and verify. It's just way too arbitrary. And now with all the match fixing issues, please tell me that linespeople aren't implicated, as well. Look at the US Open match with Serena. Just one bogus foot fault call on break point, second serve, determines the match. That's too much power to not have the umpire be able to overrule the call. Serena and Venus ARE women's American Tennis at this point. And I'm proud of them--emotionality and all. Screw the tennis officials when they dont respect the players! Serena is great! Do you know how many horrible calls she’s gotten over the years, with the 2006 Capriotti match leading to the imposition of player challenges and Hawkeye because they were so bad against Serena. If I were she, I’d be incredibly pissed, too!

And who are these linespeople anyway? The gal who nuked Serena at the US Open looked like a little chinese grandma–shuffling around in that oversized windbreaker. It was ridiculous. Who was that woman? If anyone might be prejudiced against tough, athletic, black women like Serena, it sure seems like that little chinese woman might be.

I think players should be able to challenge umpires and linespeople with tournament officials during matches. They have way too much power. And now there needs to be hawkeye for foot faults. It’s way too easy for these folks to make wrong calls that no one–not even the umpire–can witness and verify. It’s just way too arbitrary.

And now with all the match fixing issues, please tell me that linespeople aren’t implicated, as well. Look at the US Open match with Serena. Just one bogus foot fault call on break point, second serve, determines the match. That’s too much power to not have the umpire be able to overrule the call.

Serena and Venus ARE women’s American Tennis at this point. And I’m proud of them–emotionality and all. Screw the tennis officials when they dont respect the players!

]]> By: Anne coleman http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2009/10/womens-tennis-the-number-one-spot/comment-page-1/#comment-5567 Anne coleman Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:11:59 +0000 http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/?p=8294#comment-5567 I cannot stand to watch Serena Williams any longer. The WTA should be ashamed that they have not disciplined her or suspended her by now. On the world's center stage a professional shouldn't even think that way let alone handle herself in that outrageous way. What do you say WTA? I cannot stand to watch Serena Williams any longer. The WTA should be ashamed that they have not disciplined her or suspended her by now. On the world’s center stage a professional shouldn’t even think that way let alone handle herself in that outrageous way.
What do you say WTA?

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