A caricature of tennis player Serena Williams has brought to the Australian newspaper “Herald Sun” racism – and sexism-accusations. According to the press Council in Sydney, but no media were violated standards.
In the case, it is a cartoon, which was published by the Australian leaf “Herald Sun” in September 2018 in Australia. The drawing of the cartoonist, Mark Knight, shows how an angry oversized Serena Williams, with thick lips and curly, from the head, protruding hairs and tramples on your tennis racket around. Next to her is a baby pacifier. In the Background the referee asks her opponent Naomi Osaka: “Can’t you just let them win?” Osaka is small, petite and feminine, with blonde, straight hair – in fact she has curls black Curls with blond streaks, and is greater than Williams.
After Knight had distributed the cartoon on Twitter, came up for criticism. The Harry Potter author JK Rowling called the presentation of Serena Williams “racist and sexist”. A total of commented, around 22,000 people Knights drawing. The most criticized is the presentation of the black tennis star. The cartoonist put out shortly afterwards, his Twitter account.
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Equal Freak out in Tennis?No help from “above”
Also the last means of nothing: Serena Williams pleads with referee and supervisor of the US Open, the decision of the chair in arbitration to overrule the judge. She stumbles on sympathetic faces, but, ultimately, on deaf ears. After Williams accused the referee that you, as a thief, also referred to still sexism, there is a fine of US $ 17,000.
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Equal Freak out in Tennis?The pictures of the same…
Also in the semi-finals of the US Open 2009 Williams referee and Supervisor brings to the court, because a line decides to judge shortly before the match ball to opponent Kim Clijsters on the foot fault. Williams rages and threatens: “If I could, I would take a Ball and put it deep in the throat stuff!” Williams will receive a fine of 117.000 Euro, and playing two years on probation.
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Equal Freak out in Tennis?The king of the Pöbler
John McEnroe remains unmatched when it comes to kill Ranting and Abusive. In 1990, he is the first player to be disqualified at the Australian Open. “F**k your mother!”, contrary to snarls at the referee after the Match is over. The total sum of McEnroes money met hardly. In 1987, he will be locked after a bust-up at the US Open, even for two months.
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Equal Freak out in Tennis?Any Amount Of Broken Goods
Only 800 US dollars, Marcos Baghdatis will cost his outburst at the Australian Open 2012. The Cypriots destroyed when you change page, the same four thugs at once, which are likely to be more expensive than its fine. Two of the Rackets are unused and Packed up. Serena Williams commented on the Whole at that time, by the way, with the words: “Four thugs, that’s impressive. Wow!”
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Equal Freak out in Tennis?Hole in the chair
In may 2018 Karolina Pliskova’s freaking out at the tournament in Rome. Although the line judge is unable to display the fingerprint of a given ball, supports the referee of their (Incorrect)decision. Pliskova loses and the arbitrator denied the handshake. Instead, you skin with your racket has a hole in the side of the judges chair. For this, they conceded a four-digit fine.
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Equal Freak out in Tennis?A kiss for consolation
Embarrassing, embarrassing! Ironically, at the home tournament in Wimbledon Gentleman” Tim Henman in 1995 from the role”. An angry weggeschlagener Ball hits a ball girl on the head. Henman will be disqualified. He is the first player to win the same happened in Wimbledon. Then he crawls publicly to the cross, to apologize with a bouquet of flowers for the girls and a reconciliation kiss.
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Equal Freak out in Tennis?Slapped by the wife
Also in 1995, Jeff Tarango makes for a scandal in Wimbledon. He messes with the Referee and the audience, grabs his stuff and goes. Wife Benedicte stalking the referee in the catacombs and gives him two slaps in the face. The punishment for your man: 63,000 US dollars, and a two-year ban from all Grand Slams, later reduced to $ 20,000 and one year lock in Wimbledon.
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Equal Freak out in Tennis?Blood is more expensive than water
It is not the intention, the consequences of which are still bloody: Out of frustration, Daniel Nalbandian enters the tournament in Queens in 2012 against the wooden border of the line judge’s chair. A Splitter hurt the Referee on the lower leg. Nalbandian is disqualified and pays $ 70,000. In the same year, he sprinkled the referee at the Australia Open water, pays for it but only $ 8,000.
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Equal Freak out in Tennis?On the Twelve
This goes in the eye! Angry the 17-year-old canadian Denis Shapovalov thrashes in February 2017, a Ball through the area and hits the referee right in the face. The eye swells immediately, later, the Referee needs surgery even. The eye socket is broken. Shapovalov will be disqualified, Canada is eliminated from the Davis Cup. In addition, there is a fine of US $ 7,000.
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Equal Freak out in Tennis?Arrogant Prick?
Pretty arrogant Alexander Zverev in his Out in Wimbledon in this year. First, he berates the linesman, and received a warning. “He just wants to be important, once in a great place in Wimbledon”, shouted he. “So you even recall his face.” The referee, the penalized Zverev, “Williams friend,” Carlos Ramos.
The Australian press Council received due to the publication of a number of complaints. Now, the Council stated that the display had triggered in some readers dissatisfaction. You not but have caused “considerable Anger, pain, or prejudice” and, therefore, applicable media standards are not violated. The newspaper had argued, the cartoon refer to the outburst of the US-athlete on the tennis court. Knight said at the time: “In the cartoon about Serena, it’s their bad Behavior that day, and not race.”
Sexism and double standards?
The former number one in the world rankings, had the referee Carlos Ramos, after their lost the finals against the Japanese Osaka on may 8. September 2018 at the US Open in New York, and sexism are accused of. In addition, the Superstar denounced a “double standard” in Tennis and said: “As a woman, you should be able to afford at least half as much as a man.” You will continue to fight for the rights of women. The referee had shown a yellow card, the now 37-Year-old three times and your opponent according to the rules, first a point and then a game is awarded.
Williams, who had thrown their racket on the ground, described Ramos as a “thief” and “liar”. The 23-time Grand Slam winner, has been demonstrated for their behavior with a fine in the amount of $ 17,000 (the equivalent of 14.700 euros). The Episode triggered a debate about whether Williams was punished more severely than some of the male Tennis Star with a similar behavior.
kle/AR (ape, rtre, dpa, afp)