"I didn’t not cheat, I'd rather lose." Denounced Serena Williams during the 2018 U.S Open Women's final.

 

According to ESPN.com, Serena Williams, a 23 times Grand Slam Champion was accused of cheating during the game , and left the first Japanese title winner- 20 years old Naomi Osaka in despair.

 

Ava Dreon'20, a tennis player since 7th grade spoke emotionally about the game ."I was excited to see Serena play, because it’s a really big deal after the comeback. And her opponent Naomi Osaka, she was one of kind and Serena was her idol."

 

When recalling her most memorable moments when watching, she remembered Serena's yelling between games, "I think all the calls the ref made would've have been good first violations, but I think that he escalated his calls really quickly, when she went from one point throwing her racquet, which I agree should be a penalty, but then how quickly it went to giving up a game. Like, that was unfair."

 

"There's a lot of men out there who does a lot of the worse things . This is not fair." Repeated Serena Williams after a game penalty from verbal abuse. "And you are doing this because I am a women." Serena's Coach-Patrick Mouratoglou later told the reporters confidently, "I have never had a judging violation, in my entire life. "

 

Referring to the US Open this year, Dreon suggested for future games not giving anybody special treatment. "I hope this instant called attention to some of the issues with reefing, and that there aren't misunderstandings again because for Serena, she could've had the oppurtunity to prove herself after come back."

 

According to an article in The New York Times, by Vanessa Friedman on "Serena Williams, the U.S. Open, and the Sexist Rules of Fashion and Tennis", said that "The previous brouhaha, of course, was a recent tempest in a tennis racket over the catsuit Serena Williams wore to the French Open, which apparently didn’t sufficiently “respect the game” for Bernard Guidicelli, the president of the French Tennis Federation." Her clothing sponsor Nike even retweeted later with a quote: You can take the superhero out of her costume, but you can never take away her superpowers.

 

However, the real question is still how can we avoid sensitive discussions on this in the future? And how do we anticipate what classifies as appropriate clothing and Judging?