Something is Rotten in Denmark, and No, It’s Not Caroline Wozniacki … At Least Not Yet
“You can get run off a [ninja] not soft.”–Big Freedia
Though thoughts of 2009 and almost every “dicked around” time after and before that time played through my mind, I still told myself, foolishly so, that the U.S. Open would not b*tt f*** the comeback queen, SuperMama extraordinaire, the only real G.O.A.T in contemporary sports–f*ck ya’ll, non-believers; she does it on her own–no team to relieve her or quarter to sit out when she’s tired–SERENA WILLIAMS this year.
Alas, I was wrong. Because unlike the Wimbledon loss in July, which was a fair and square loss at the hands of the Wednesday Addams-smile having Angelique Kerber, there is a stench in the air with Williams’s recent U.S. Open loss to the reclusive Naomi Osaka, a 20-year-old who plays for Japan but has lived the majority of her life in the States.
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According to Osaka lore, her father picked Japan as his daughter’s banner country because it “offered” her perks that the U.S./USTA could not and would not match.
Sounds about right.
I’ve watched tennis long enough–ahem, 20 years–to know the USTA is a little suspect and the decisions it makes are even more “suspectitous.”
Like, why in the hell was Carlos Ramos calling the Women’s Final if you know he has never umpired a women’s match, has a reputation of being a stick in the mud, and may be the type to get “in his feelings” when women “talk back” to him?
Look at him.
And look at Serena pointing that index finger.
Ooooooo-wee.
That black girl magic had Ramos shook. Not only did he take an entire game from our center court queen in the do or die 2nd set, but gave Osaka an automatic 0-15 and thus, three shots away from a U.S. Open title and a $3 mill plus check.
And what did Williams do to provoke Ramos’s “off with her head” (shout out to the French Open ; )–a Marie Antoinette and the banning of Serena’s catsuit reference)?
Nothing.
Ramos “caught”–he’s supposed to be watching what’s on the court rather than the crowd–Williams’s coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, coaching her, “coaching” that she was not paying attention to and couldn’t see, because she was, uh …
too busy being in position to return her opponent’s ball.
So, Williams got penalized for something her coach was doing when only HE (Mouratoglou) should have been warned or penalized for said action–and not her.
So, she argued her point that she’s not a cheater.
She’s not.
So, she argued that she doesn’t need coaching.
She doesn’t.
Win or lose, Serena only listens to Serena when she’s out there on the court.
But we know who is a cheater, who needs coaching, and who the U.S. Open welcomed with open arms by advancing her a wildcard when other tournaments snubbed their nose at her and placing her on Ashe/the main stage over higher ranked, more deserving players like a prized turkey at Thanksgiving.
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The U.S. Open even allowed the dazzling doper to have ALL her matches at primetime on Armstrong and Ashe until her 4th round loss this year.
Who knew that winning 5 grand slams while doping would yield better treatment than winning a record 23, with 24 coming soon, grand slams won by hard work, endurance, and sheer will.
After all she’s done in her career, let alone in the last year to make two grand slams finals post giving birth to her first child, an selfless act that almost killed her, Serena deserved to break that racket and more.
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F*ck Ramos and all those who “agree” with him.
Still, U.S. Open tournament officials, really, all the worldwide tennis officials, you should listen to Serena … if you value your bottom line.
She’s not a cheater.
She doesn’t need coaching.
SHE, and not the other players you schmooze, sells your tickets.
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