You can’t be serious.
the former umpire I posted about earlier.
9 Sept: Sydney Morning Herald: It is Serena Williams who owes an apology to umpire Carlos Ramos
By Richard Ings
(Richard Ings was a professional chair umpire from 1986 to 1993 and was ATP Tour Executive Vice-President, Rules and Competition, from 2001 to 2005)
Spare a thought for umpire Carlos Ramos of Portugal...
Even four decades of distinguished professional umpiring experience would not have prepared Ramos fully for what was about to happen. I should know, as the memories and scars of my own welcome-to-the-job match are fresh even more than 30 years later.
It happened at the 1987 US Open. I was the chair umpire for the fourth-round stadium court match between John McEnroe and Slobodan Zivojinovic where I issued a warning, point penalty and a game penalty against McEnroe.
The game penalty, for a string of obscenities directed at me, came at 4-5, costing McEnroe the set and making the match one set all...
As someone that has sat in the umpire’s chair in front of a raucous full house US Open crowd and been tested under fire in front of a global television audience, I have a great deal of empathy and admiration for Ramos and his officiating...
The game penalty was triggered after Williams, in a lengthy tirade, loudly accused the umpire of being a “thief” stealing points from her. Ramos let the tirade slide, showing great composure until Williams accused him of cheating.
All players know that publicly attacking the honesty of the umpire is going to result in an immediate code violation.
Ramos made absolutely the correct calls as a chair umpire in each of these three incidents...
The decisions made by Ramos had nothing to do with sexism or racism. They had everything to do with observing clear breaches of the grand slam code of conduct and then having the courage to call them without fear or favour...
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/it-is-serena-williams-who-owes-an-apology-to-umpire-carlos-ramos-20180909-p502q2.html
Ings mentions Ramos letting Serena’s tirade slide at first, but has anyone counted the number of times she actually verbally abused Ramos. from my reckoning, it is at least three times. saying to him “you stole a point” is no different from calling him a “thief” as far as I’m concerned. plus why aren’t the MSM mentioning this threat:
9 Sept: MetroUK: It’s Serena Williams who owes US Open umpire Carlos Ramos an apology – not the other way around
by George Bellshaw
Here’s a fragment of what Serena said: ‘You owe me an apology. ***You will never ever ever be on another court of mine as long as you live. You are a liar. Say it, say you’re sorry. You stole a point from me. You’re a thief, too.’...
This wasn’t personal. Serena made it personal...
https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/09/its-serena-williams-who-owes-us-open-umpire-carlos-ramos-an-apology-not-the-other-way-around-7927502/