In 2009 and 2011, when Williams had similar outbursts against officials, she was also being handily outplayed in those matches. Serena is hands down the best female tennis player of all time, but ffs, stop taking it out on the chair when another player is having the better day.

No she doesn’t. Tell Sloane Stephens or Justine Henin that Serena doesn’t carry a grudge after the match ends. 

Yep. This officially turned me off to Serena. The call was atrocious, but she should feel ashamed of how badly she ruined Naomi Osaka’s moment. That outburst was because she was getting her ass kicked. One bad call with that much game remaining doesn’t cause so much drama unless you’re frustrated with something else.…

There’s no “try” involved. Smashing a racket = code violation. It doesn’t matter who does it. The argument is whether or not that is appropriate for everybody, or for nobody. You cannot say “well, she’s a black woman so she gets to smash her racket because ‘her culture values authenticity and she’s a new mother’ while…

And how exactly does any of that justify booing Naomi Osaka, who by all accounts seems to be an awesome person? 

Looked to me like Serena was frustrated because she was getting overpowered, where she’s usually the overpowering one. Osaka played great and was a force out there.

Gotta agree. Osaka outplayed her, no question. I feel bad she couldn’t enjoy this victory, because she earned it.

I’m holding my judgment on this situation. But I agree on her fans. If this was Sharapova, for example, this article would be completely different.

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.

Serena stans are turning into psychopaths who froth at the mouth at every slight against her. Imagine being do deranged that you have to be told not to boo Naomi Osaka of all people. Serena’s the GOAT but I’m so done with her ridiculous fans.

The highlight reel should only show the cursing done after the player has been assessed one or two violations. What’s rare, even for emotional, aggressive, half-mental men and women in tennis is for those players to continue to push the umpire when they know they’re going to lose a point or game.

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.

Serena has literally threatened physical violence against a line judge and raised her racquet in anger towards the woman and the commentators made excuses for her. She’s the golden goose and they know it. 

I mean, her opponent is a woman as well, yeah? Did she start to play the race card and wisely change up in mid stream? Bizarre.

She did not take it like a champ. Serena takes the majority of the blame for this fiasco. She’s the one who ruined Naomi’s victory with her behavior.

He admitted coaching in the ESPN interview immediately after the match ended.

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.

Apparently the coach admitted signaling in a Eurosport interview?

Serena is a bad sport. It is what it is. You need to be almost pathologically competitive to succeed at the highest levels of sport, so it’s not that surprising. However,considering her position in her sport (and her age), it might behoove her to act like Federer,not Johnny Mac.