The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. | | | | Naomi Osaka won the Women's Singles finals of the 2018 US Open against Serena Williams. It was not without drama.
(Chris Trotman/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.”
| - | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. |
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| | rantnrave:// No coaching during a tennis match is as dumb as no OSCAR for movies not released in theaters. But a U.S. OPEN chair umpire, CARLOS RAMOS, penalized SERENA WILLIAMS during the final for it. She denied it. And it worked her up. Her coach didn't. This code violation warning for coaching and a further code violation for smashing her racket brings about a point penalty. Soon after, she says, "For you to attack my character is wrong. You owe me an apology. You will never be on a court with me as long as you live. You are the liar. You owe me an apology. Say it. Say you're sorry. How dare you insinuate that I was cheating? You stole a point from me. You're a thief too." That resulted in a game penalty. She said, "I don't cheat to win. I'd rather lose." in 2015, NOVAK DJOKOVIC communicated with his coach, BORIS BECKER, but denied it was cheating. Again, this happened during the Serena's final! A match that is a 1 in million shot for any human. And the final call, I guess, was discretionary. Serena let it get to her. But the call was petty. Here is a great timeline. And it's not lost on many of us that we see a white guy in a suit that would look at home at a CROQUET tournament replete with watercress sandwiches sitting 5 ft. above a black, female athlete judging her and penalizing her in her job. I'm not saying class is involved. I'm not saying race is involved. I'm not saying gender is involved (Serena does). But we live in radically changing times. And I'm pretty sure, in fact, I'm saying that the Open officials have no clue about the irony. And how many times have we seen a man scream up to that chair and way less happens? And again, this is the final. Look at the NFL or NBA. In matches like this, they pull punches because of the importance of the event. And this wasn't egregious on Serena's part. This sport's governing body and rules need to take a time machine into the present. Shed its seemingly rich, elitist history. My friend BRIAN KOPPELMAN summarizes it perfectly. And there is more upsetting. NAOMI OSAKA, Serena's opponent outplayed her. And at 20 years old, she won her first grand slam and had to listen to boos from the crowd. This is a moment to be cherished. By the winner and the crowd. Some say that Serena is a sore loser. Some say the chair umpire ruined a match with a petty and discretionary call. It was all awkward and unfortunate. And the trophy ceremony was too at first. And given that should be Naomi's moment, it was upsetting. Until Serena tried to recover the mood, "I don't want to do questions. She played well, this is her first grand slam. I know you guys were rooting but let's make this a great moment. Let's not boo. Let's be positive. Congratulations Naomi. No more booing. Thank you to my team, you guys are amazing. Thank you to the crowd, you guys really are the best in the world. I really hope to play here again. It's been tough here for me but thank you so much." But Naomi, the champion, won the match and the day with her comments, "I know that everyone was cheering for her, and I'm sorry it had to end like this. I just want to say thanks for watching the match... My mum has sacrificed a lot for me, and it means a lot for her to come and watch my matches. She doesn't usually come to them. All that we're missing is my dad but he physically doesn't watch my matches. He just walks around... It was also my dream to play Serena in the US Open final, and I'm really glad I was able to do that. I'm grateful I was able to play with you. Thank you." That's grace and class. And then the crowd turned and gave her what was due. Watch here... Happy Birthday MICHAEL LANG, JOSHUA SCHACHTER, KEN HERTZ, CLARE REICHENBACH, JOSHUA AUERBACH, and DAVID GERSTENHABER | | | - Jason Hirschhorn, curator |
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