Oh, my gosh, this in the internet, and here you are bringing factz into the situation.

In most sports you get tossed out if you accuse a referee of intentionally rigging the match. If a soccer player gets a yellow for yapping at the ref and still carries on, it’s a red card and that’s it. Hockey players get a quick 10 minute penalty.

Yeah, calling an official a “thief” is so much worse than saying “are you blind” or something. She’s accusing him of being unethical, which...pretty bad look. 

I think a lot of people weighing in don’t watch very much tennis. Penalties, regardless of the infraction, in tennis escalate:

“But I saw a man do this at some point in history and not get penalized, so this is a CLEAR case of sexism, even though I’ve also seen men penalized for the same thing.”-Serena fans.

One minor clarification on this:

“Thumbs up” was totally coaching. And you can’t get personal with an official. “This is thievery!” is fine. “You are a thief!” is a penalty every time. From a huge Serena fan.

Osaka was awesome and Serena doesn’t have that meltdown if Osaka isn’t blowing her off the court. 

>At the same time, however, it’s absolutely ridiculous to give a violation with such a heavy penalty for “abuse” as soft as that on a stage as large as the U.S. Open final.

You guys do know that you don’t have to defend EVERYTHING Serena does, right? Nobody is going to call you racist or sexist to admit that yes, she broke the rules and reacted poorly. Was this a questionable time to finally enforce the coaching rule? Yes, but it’s also an issue how many tennis players (including Serena,…

This is a bullshit statement:

“This is not fair.”

The umpire was right on all three of those calls. It sounds like Williams thought the “coaching” warning was rescinded because she told the umpire she’s not a cheater, but of course that’s not how that penalty works. The call is made against the coach (who admitted he was coaching from the stands), so the player can’t…

It’s amazing to me that people come away with that feeling sorry for Serena. That was such an embarrassing performance. Much credit to Osaka, she’s a true champion and I hope she comes back.

Here he is taking no crap from Novak

It’s important to note that Serena’s coach, when asked if he was coaching from the stands said, “Yes, I was. We all do it.”

So there you go. If you’re encountering a touchy ref who is calling you on what you admit you’re doing... I don’t know... how about stop before you player loses a game?

I’m a Serena fan and was so embarrassed for her today. Yes, it was unfortunate the ref called the coaching violation, but it’s technically the rule. Save the “it was only a thumbs up...I have a daughter! (??)” nonsense. From there on out she decided to run her match into the ground. The ref had to give her the next…

She basically meant to say that the men can call the umps anything they want without getting warnings. She clearly needs to watch the ATP tour more often. Some dudes rack up fines in the tens of thousands.

First warning to Serena for coaching. Her own coach admitted to Pam Shriver after the match that he had indeed tried to coach her. The gesture was meant for her to approach the net more often. He thought she hadn’t noticed it, but still, it’s the attempt that matters. Players have been using this excuse (“I didn’t…

This article is terrible.