Margaret Court slams Serena over US Open meltdown
瑪格麗特．考特痛批小威胡鬧
Aussie tennis great Margaret Court has offered little sympathy to Serena
Williams after her controversial blow-up in the US Open final.
澳洲網壇傳奇瑪格麗特．考特對小威在美網決賽的遭遇並不同情。
Serena’s behaviour in Sunday’s final divided the tennis world after she
called the chair umpire a “liar” and a “thief” and said he treated her
differently than male players during her loss to Naomi Osaka.
小威在決賽中痛斥主審是「騙子」、是「賊」，更控訴執法對女性較男性嚴厲。
Williams, who was seeking a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title on
Saturday, was handed a warning for a coaching violation before being deducted
a point for smashing her racquet.
She then had a heated argument with chair umpire Carlos Ramos, which cost her
a game.
小威尋求追平瑪格麗特．考特的24座大滿貫紀錄，卻因教練場邊指導、砸爛球拍、辱罵主
審等失控舉動，接連遭到罰分、罰局。
The six-times US Open champion, who has since been fined $17,000 (US) by the
United States Tennis Association for the violations, vigorously disputed each
during the match.
這位6屆美網冠軍賽後更因此遭到USTA開罰，罰金為1萬7千美元。
In the wake of Osaka’s first Grand Slam triumph, there were messages of
support for Williams as well as those condemning her behaviour and agreeing
with the umpire’s calls.
各界聲援及譴責小威的訊息接踵而至。
Tennis great Billy Jean King wrote on Twitter: “When a woman is emotional,
she’s “hysterical” and she’s penalized for it. When a man does the same,
he’s “outspoken” and there are no repercussions. Thank you,
@serenawilliams, for calling out this double standard. More voices are needed
to do the same.”
網壇至尊金恩夫人力挺小威，主張女性情緒化並非歇斯底里，跟男性一樣是真性情，執法
不該因性別差異而雙重標準，更呼籲性別平等的落實。
Yet Court, whose tally of Grand Slam singles titles is being chased by
Williams, had little sympathy for the 36-year-old American former World No.1
然而這位大滿貫紀錄保持人，瑪格麗特．考特對此卻不領情。
“We always had to go by the rules,” Court, who dominated tennis during the
1960s and early 1970s, said according to a report in The Australian.
考特：「一切還是必須按照規則走。」
“It’s sad for the sport when a player tries to become bigger than the rules.
考特：「很遺憾的，網壇竟然有球員意圖凌駕於規則之上。」
“Because the young player outplayed her in the first set, I think pressure
got her more than anything.”
考特：「她在場上情緒失控，是因為這位年輕球員在第一盤的表現遠勝過她，造成她巨大
的壓力，而無關乎任何事。」
Tennis great John McEnroe, one of the game’s most tempestuous characters in
his playing days, said the sport must find a way to allow players to express
feelings and inject their personality into the game while adhering to certain
rules.
美國網壇傳奇、並以火爆性格著稱的馬克安諾則對小威送暖，表示這項運動必須找到讓球
員能合法地盡情展露情緒、表現個性的方法。
According to McEnroe, Ramos should not have given Williams a violation for
breaking her racquet and should have warned her early on about what would
happen if she did not move on.
馬克安諾批評主審不該僅因小威砸拍就祭出警告，而且在這之前，主審有義務告知小威，
若她再被警告會導致的後果。
“I’ve said far worse,” McEnroe, a seven-times Grand Slam singles winner,
said on ESPN. “She’s right about the guys being held to a different
standard, there’s no question.”
馬克安諾肯認執法確實因性別而不公。
「小威說的完全正確，裁判對男生確實執法較鬆，這毫無疑問。」
Yet Richard Ings, a former professional chair umpire who also used to be the
ATP Tour Executive Vice-President, Rules and Competition, felt it was
Williams who needed to apologise. 前主審英斯稱應該對此事道歉的是小威。
Ings once issued a warning, point penalty and a game penalty against McEnroe
at the 1987 U.S. Open for obscenities directed at the umpire.
英斯擔任主審時，曾在1987年的美網因馬克安諾穢言侮辱，而祭出警告、罰分、罰局。
“We should not let her record, as glowing as it is, overshadow the fact that
on this day, in this match Williams was wrong,” Ings wrote in The Sydney
Morning Herald.
我們不能因為小威過去的成就、她的光芒，就掩蓋了事實。
這場比賽，小威大錯特錯。
“The decisions made by Ramos had nothing to do with sexism or racism. They
had everything to do with observing clear breaches of the grand slam code of
conduct and then having the courage to call them without fear or favour.”
這次主審的執法根本無關性別、種族，只是主審能無所畏懼的，無差別性的按照大滿貫的
規則公平執法而已。
新聞出處
https://au.sports.yahoo.com/margaret-court-slams-serena-us-open-meltdown-221920716.html