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EricHiggin said:
KLAMarine said:

I don't know if she's the worst offender, just that the list has her at number 1. Perhaps her getting penalized recently had nothing to do with her being a woman or being black and just had to do with her being Serena Williams?..

I don't know, honestly. I don't follow tennis...

A couple of the female tennis legends brought this up, and made it clear the umpire has been around for a long time and is well known to be a hard ass who doesn't put up with much BS. They made it clear that Serena and her coach would have known this without a doubt, so while questioning the umpire wasn't a problem, throwing a tantrum multiple times after the fact, calling him a thief, implying he's sexist, and demanding an apology, was way beyond going overboard in this situation. She deserved it hands down like past players who have blown up on umpires for various reasons.

Personally, I think John McEnroe (another white man) still holds the crown in terms of umpire insults, but that was back before political correctness really became a thing, so he had verbal freedom players now don't. He didn't just get fined either, he got banned for months on top of it. Serena has received a slap on the wrist in comparison.

What female tennis legends would these be? I'd like to read up on what they had to say.