Serena Williams doesn't lose regularly. Along these lines, most would agree whenever somebody outwits her on the tennis court, it's newsworthy. What's more, individuals were legitimately applauding 20-year-old Naomi Osaka for her stunning miracle amid this previous end of the week's U.S. Open.
Be that as it may, the match has been corrupted by charges of sexism and out of line direct after Williams was twice punished in exceptionally sketchy mold.
The primary occurrence came when she was docked a point for breaking her racket. Williams was then punished a second time in the wake of blaming umpire Carlos Ramos for lying. Considering an umpire a liar may seem like an immense arrangement and the episode actually left Williams in tears. The International Tennis Association additionally fined her $17,000 after the match on Sunday.
In any case, after the match, various present and previous male tennis players took to Twitter to relate their own particular hostile associations with Ramos that did not result in punishments. A few columnists and different competitors tolled in too.
It's simply the most recent case of Williams defying sexism in and around her game however it might be the most significant and freely noticeable minute yet.
Despite the fact that not every person bolstered Williams. Tennis legend Martina Navratilova wrote in a New York Times opinion piece that:
" It's hard to know, and far from being obviously true, regardless of whether Ms. Williams could have become away with considering the umpire a hoodlum on the off chance that she were a male player. In any case, to center around that, I believe, is overlooking what's really important. In the event that, truth be told, the folks are treated with an alternate gauge for similar transgressions, this should be completely analyzed and should be settled. Be that as it may, we can't quantify ourselves by what we figure we ought to likewise have the capacity to escape with. Truth be told, this is the kind of conduct that nobody ought to take part in on the court. There have been ordinarily when I was playing that I needed to break my racket into a thousand pieces. At that point I considered the children viewing. Furthermore, I grudgingly clutched that racket. "
All things considered, even Navratilova recognizes that Williams has the "scar tissue" of being dealt with unjustifiably at tennis occasions throughout the years, including at the U.S. Open. Regardless of whether it's appropriate for ladies to "escape" with indistinguishable conduct from men, there's no uncertainty she's being held to an alternate, higher standard and that is just not reasonable. The decision isn't being given to her or other ladies about how they direct their own particular conduct.
Also, consider what number of male tennis players have been extolled for comparative conduct. John McEnroe has truly made a vocation all through tennis taking advantage of his broadly aggressive identity.
In the event that her show wasn't right, the weight ought to be on the International Tennis Federation to ensure the principles of lead apply to everybody, not simply ladies.
Else, they are successfully blue penciling one of the game's most famous and essential players in a way that will just serve to dismiss other ladies who are considering getting a racket and examining their own tennis dreams.
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