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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2018-09-11 8:01 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Tue 11 Sep 2018 04:33:49p, Dave Smith told us...
>
>> On 2018-09-11 5:51 PM, wrote:
>>> On Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:26:48 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jill, whoever "Byker," is, I am sure most of us know you didn't
>>>> write this response to "it."
>>>>
>>>> And for Serena, it wasn't racism, it was gender bias, very
>>>> clearly. No male player in a tournament has ever been penalized
>>>> a game point, according to reports. So I, for one, don't blame
>>>> her for being angry; I do think her reaction was inappropriate,
>>>> to say the least. But I also agree that the referee should have
>>>> given her a warning.
>>>>
>>>> N.
>>>
>>> Even John McEnroe has said he behaved far more badly but was
>>> never penalized for it. It was a shame it all spoilt the joy the
>>> Japanese girl should have been having, for that I would criticize
>>> Serena.
>>>
>>
>> John McEnroe was disqualified in 1990 for three code violations.
>> In 1995, Jeff Tarrango was suspended after yelling at spectators
>> and accused the umpire of corruption.Irena Spirlea was
>> disqualifed for using abusive language against officials. Andre
>> Agassi was disqualifed for ball abuse ad verbal abuse. David
>> Nalbandian was disqualifed foir for injuring an official and
>> kicking an advertising sign. Darian King was disqualified when he
>> three his racquet and hit a lineswoman. Earlier this year Yan
>> Marti was disqualified for pointing his racquet at his opponent
>> and saying "You can put this in your butt."
>>
>
> Heh! Was there anyone left?
>

Yeah. Poor Serena. She gets caught breaking the rule about coaching,
then gets in trouble for smacking her racquet and then starts mouthing
off at the judge. When it costs her a game we hear accusations of racism
and sexism and claims that it never happened to anyone else. Lo and
behold, others have had worse happen for less.