Carlos Ramos receives apology as figures emerge showing male tennis players are penalised [tr]

UK Daily Mail ^ | September 14, 2018 | Mike Dickson

[C19fan]

Umpire Carlos Ramos appeared to receive an apology from one of his severest critics on Thursday – as figures emerged showing that male players are penalised far more often than women for bad behaviour.

The Portuguese official was pictured in Croatia talking with USTA President Katrina Adams, with witnesses claiming they overheard her saying sorry for the fallout over the Serena Williams sexism row in the US Open final.

The conversation — prior to America's Davis Cup semi-final in Zadar — coincides with Sportsmail obtaining data from the last twenty years of Grand Slams displaying the misdemeanours of the two sexes at the sport's four biggest events.

[1Old Pro]

Facts and transparency set you free.

[CharlesWayneCT]

To be fair though, the men probably do misbehave a lot more than the women do.

[Secret Agent Man]

Screw your specious observation.

Male tennis players play five sets to womens three sets, so they also have more time on court. So theres a lot more game going on where refs can keep blowing calls or favor one guy over another.

[Pearls Before Swine]

I’m not sure what your problem is here with me.

The issue with Serena (and in the past with McEnroe) is that its ok to protest a bad call, even if it costs you a point. But after you play professionally for 20 years, you are well aware that if you keep yelling at the ump and bust a racket, you are going to lose a point. And, if you keep it up after that, you could lose a game.

I don’t remember that many men or women proceeding to the third stage, except for Serena and McEnroe. That’s on them.

More recently, we have Serena’s coach saying, “Yeah, I signalled, but I don’t think she saw it”, which is an umpire’s call, and “Men are penalized more than women, my bad.”

And I also heard that maybe sideline signals will now be allowed.

None of that matters. What matters is behavior after the first bad call. Serena is the “shove that ball down your throat” player, and she should never get to the third call with the ump.