In the early morning of September 10th, Beijing time, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) fined Serena Williams US$17,000 for her inappropriate behavior in the US Open women's singles final. The $17,000 fine is divided into three parts: $10,000 for "verbal insult" to referee Ramos, $4,000 for being warned by the referee, and $3,000 for throwing the racket. Among them, insulting the referee was the most severely punished.
The total prize money of this year's US Open has risen to 53 million US dollars. The women's singles champion's prize money is 3.8 million US dollars, and the runner-up prize money is 1.85 million US dollars. This means that Serena Williams was defeated by the 20-year-old Naomi Osaka at the US Open this time. The economic loss reached 1.95 million US dollars, approximately 13.34 million yuan. Compared with the US$1.85 million bonus that Serena Williams received for finishing second, a fine of less than US$20,000 seems too light.
In yesterday's women's singles final, Portuguese referee Carlos Ramos discovered that coach Serena Williams was giving off-court guidance at the fifth minute of the second game of the second set. Although Williams' coach admitted after the game that he had off-court guidance, Williams made it clear at the time that he had not received any guidance. According to the rules, Serena was still fined a warning.
In the fifth game of the second set, Serena was warned again for dropping her racket, which resulted in a direct penalty of one point. When changing sides at 4-3, Serena Williams received a third warning because she questioned the referee's decision and spoke rudely to him. Serena pointed at the referee and said: "You are a thief, you stole a point from me. ", Serena was directly sent off for a round.
At the press conference after the women's singles final, Serena Williams emphasized: "I just said 'thief' and he fined me for the whole game, which made me think it was sexist. He never said that because of male players." 'The thief' loses one game. I will continue to fight for women and fight for our equality. Right. I have to go through this to set an example for the next person who has emotions, who wants to express their thoughts, who wants to be a strong woman."
This is Serena's third time in the United States. A farce of fighting with the referee was played out online. In the 2009 US Open semi-finals, Serena Williams played against Clijsters. , Serena's serve was called a second-serve foot error by the line judge behind her. Serena Williams was a little out of control. She walked up to the line where she had just complained about a foot error and yelled for dozens of seconds, and uttered the curse word "I'm going to stuff this damn ball into your damn mouth and kill you." As a result, the referee combined two warnings and penalty points. Serena lost the game and was fined US$10,500 afterwards.
In the 2011 US Open final between Serena Williams and Stosur, Serena Williams originally tied the score in the first game of the second set, but because she shouted "come on" before the ball was dead in the game, the referee believed that this was It interfered with the opponent's hitting, and finally punished Serena one point, so Serena went from tying the small point to being directly broken by the opponent. Reluctant, Serena came to the sidelines to negotiate with the referee, but the referee still insisted on his decision despite the protests from the audience. In the end, Serena lost the game and was fined US$175,000 (actually US$82,500) by the Grand Slam Organizing Committee. After the "foul language scandal" incident, Serena Williams wrote a letter to the line judge, , and was forgiven by the line judge. This is the third time that Serena Williams has lost a match and lost the title at the US Open due to losing control of her emotions, and it is also the third time that she has received a similar fine.
