Cartoonist under fire over Serena

Many officials were also left angry with the fact that the International Tennis Federation took almost 48 hours to defend Ramos, on Monday afternoon, by which time the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and United States Tennis Association (USTA) had supported Williams’ claims of sexism after she was given a game penalty for her behaviour during her defeat by Naomi Osaka. “In fact, this is the sort of behaviour that no one should be engaging in on the court”.

“I think everything would have been different”.

Tennis great Martina Navratilova has come out in criticism of Serena Williams, following her outburst in Sunday’s US Open final.

Umpire Christian Rask was also criticised after he gave Frenchwoman Alize Cornet a code violation for removing her shirt on court after she realised she had put it on back-to-front in the locker room during a mid-match heat break.

Even more controversy has followed Serena Williams’ heated argument with the referee during her US Open final loss to Naomi Osaka.

Serena Williams was turned into a controversial cartoon on Monday. I’m here fighting for women’s rights and for women’s equality and for all kinds of stuff.

King, however, said Williams was not aware she had been handed a first violation and was surprised to have a point taken from her when she received a second for later smashing her racquet.

But Knight’s critics, which included Martin Luther King’s daughter Bernice King, say the Sun’s defense of Knight is “uncomfortable” and “without consideration for the painful historical context of such imagery and how it can support biases and racism today”, she said.

American CoCo Vandeweghe, who teamed with Australian Ashleigh Barty to win the women’s doubles title, said she thought it was “ridiculous” that Williams was docked a game.

The cartoonist “completely missed the point of why she was upset”, De Luca told The Associated Press. “I obviously respect Serena as one of the greatest women’s players of all time, if not the greatest”, Routliffe said.

Serena Williams captured the world’s attention over the weekend, but now a cartoonist who attempted to mock her is taking the heat.

In the wake of Osaka’s triumph, there were messages of support for Williams as well as those condemning her behaviour and agreeing with the umpire’s calls. I’ve dealt with the wrong side where they think they hear something, they don’t hear something.

Adams’s comment speaks to a culture in which women who act out are punished while men are written off as “bad boys” just doing what boys do. “As black women … we’re expected to stay in our lane, that lane that has been created for us”. “We’ll get through it. Let’s not boo anymore”.