Only women are allowed to officiate at women's tennis matches.
There are two things Navratilova overlooked here, and since she was writing this in the NYT instead of a sports publication I'll cut her some slack:
1. Serena Williams has a habit of throwing these tantrums when she's losing a match. She came into this tournament overweight and out of shape, and by the time she reached the finals she was clearly out of gas. Whenever she performs badly on the court she goes into these childish rants to accomplish two things: (A) get herself a break in the action to catch her wind, and (B) pretend she's losing for reasons that have nothing to do with her own miserable performance.
2. I'm going to go with "'Roid Rage" for $400, Alex.
They’ll probably consider female only refs from now on.
Those are really good points. Serena is a poor sport and can’t just let her opponent win. Her tantrums are such terrible behavior for a professional athlete. Roid rage sounds like a strong possibility.