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She'd never have got away with this behavour in Russia.
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This is what happens when you let women play sports.
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the other bob wilson
There certainly would have been if we had messageboards when John McEnroe was playing.
Probably. I loved JM. The Borg McEnroe movie last year was superb.
Anyone else see the Curb episode with McEnroe? So funny when Larry and McEnroe jot tanked up at the baseball game for being too loud laughing at Larrys 'Freak' book.
Anyway, with Williams whether she was justified in feeling aggrieved is besides the point. She completely undermined her opponents great victory by being over the top in her outrage. She should have dealt with it in another way and had the maturity to control herself. Telling the Umpire that he will never work as an Umpire again stinks of arrogance and being a spoiled brat.
Men players certainly get away with worse and I feel she was harshly treated on the court... but her reaction.. Jeez.
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jamieccfc
I haven’t seen federer,nadal or Djokovic have a meltdown and start giving it the big un that that call wouldn’t be made against a female :shrug: if they did there would be outrage
I think she had a point about being coached from the stand... it happens all the time and I thought it was unfair for the Umpire to call her out on that while so many other players get coached from the stand.. Saying that her reaction was outrageous and sets a bad example. If she had swallowed her pride and made a complaint about this behind closed doors that would have been the best approach. She has been in the game long enough to know on court ranting is unproductive. I have no issue with the Umpire disciplining her for her conoduct and for smashing her racket. It is such a shame as it deflected away from her opponents great win. She completely disrespected her opponent by her antics.
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Guardian piece on Serena is pretty balanced although I have no idea why Pellegrini is getting involved :)
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/bl...-us-open-final
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life on mars
Quite right
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The Bob Banker Spanker
Quite right
He's won six majors now .
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life on mars
Bloody awful WomMAN.
Dislike them both , they are not normally built women, and its been an unfair contest for a while in my humble view
If someone told me this ^^ statement was posted by Donald Trump on his twitter account I wouldn’t question it’s authenticity.
That’s got to be worrying for you.
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KenfigBlues
This is what happens when you let blacks play sports.
Fixed
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life on mars
Bloody awful WomMAN.
Makes me laugh , banging on about her kids thinking shes a cheat , well she said it loud enough to bring it to their attention
Then moved it to sexism
Phew we escaped the racism one I guess .
Dislike them both , they are not normally built women, and its been an unfair contest for a while in my humble view
Poor winner
This seems completely at odds with the sanctimonious rubbish you post on the politics forum.
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Divine Wright
Fixed
If you’re going to alter my post at least put the word you added in bold or put my unedited quote first.
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Divine Wright
If someone told me this ^^ statement was posted by Donald Trump on his twitter account I wouldn’t question it’s authenticity.
That’s got to be worrying for you.
To be fair he's a billionaire leader of the worlds largest economy. What he says can't all be wrong.
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Trigger
To be fair he's a billionaire leader of the worlds largest economy. What he says can't all be wrong.
A man who is a greedy, offensive bully might be appealing to people who also identify with those traits. It doesn’t mean it’s ok to talk about people’s mothers, wives, sisters and daughters like they are cattle.