Blimey! A scandal is afoot at Wimbledon!

[The Czech Republic 0]

For those who haven't heard here's how it goes.

 

Second round match. Tie-break, score is 2-1. Girl That Isn't Venus serves into the wrong court. Lady yells "FAULT!" but Venus grunts and hits the bad serve back. Other Girl keeps the rally going and "wins" it, and the chair umpire awards a point to tie it, though the serve was never legal. Venus wins the next point after that.

 

OH NO!

 

Venus was up 3-2, but she REALLY should've been up 3-1! CONTROVERSY!

 

She went on to lose it in straight sets, 6-7 6-7. Perhaps you could say she lost it BECAUSE OF THAT AWFUL ERROR BY THAT AWFUL MAN.

 

Venus and Other Girl both dismissed it as human error that they were oblivious to what with being engrossed in the match, and Papa Williams said he holds no ill will towards the judge, because HE IS A GRACIOUS MAN WHO FORGIVES THE MISTAKES OF OTHERS. Venus did The Right Thing by letting it go and not crying about it to the judge, AND THIS WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. Other Girl knew something was up but didn't consult a judge, rather she TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE ERROR FOR HER OWN PERSONAL GAIN. Both people acknowledged that the faulty point had no bearing on the outcome of the match since it caused no psychological momentum nor breakdown. But let it always be remembered that IT TOOK AN INCOMPETENT UMPIRE TO BEAT VENUS WILLIAMS.

 

Tennis on ESPN. It's great.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

I heard about this. Did Venus grunt when the lady yelled "Fault"? If so, that's what you get for letting out a scream everytime you hit the freakin' ball.

 

I'm glad there isn't any whining going on about this. Was this a mistake? Yes. But nut up and get over it...

[Guest Smell the ratings!!!]

for us non tennis fans, this is the equivalent of the ref giving the other team a bad touchdown when you lose by 3 touchdowns, right?

 

ps: points for proper use of "Blimey". People just throw it around these days.

[starvenger 0]

Basically, if both players accept the decision and don't argue, then there isn't really a controversy, is there?

 

The fact is that Venus went up to 6-3 (or so) in the tiebreak and LOST the tiebreak 8-6. She had plenty of opportunity to send it to a 3rd set and she choked in the clutch.

 

But after all is said and done, props to the Williamseseseses for being professional about it. For now, anyways...

[iggymcfly 0]

for us non tennis fans, this is the equivalent of the ref giving the other team a bad touchdown when you lose by 3 touchdowns, right?

 

ps: points for proper use of "Blimey". People just throw it around these days.

No, it's more like just spotting the ball ten yards ahead on a game-winning touchdown drive. Yeah, they probably would have driven in anyway, but it can still be construed as the winning margin. Of course it's like Miami losing a game to Miami of Ohio in this fashion, where really they can't blame the ref for playing WAY worse than they should have.