Serena Williams. Photo / File
How utterly childish of the ATP or US Open itself or whoever it was who's decided to ban Carlos Ramos from umpiring any of Serena's matches at this year's tournament.
Ramos was the poor sod in the villain's chair last year when Ms Williams, facing an embarrassingly swift defeat at
the hands of Grand Slam novice Naomi Osaka, launched her extraordinary mid-match tirade. Who will ever forget the spray he wore?
Not just inadequate in terms of the official adjudicating duties he was given, the man also personally responsible for every aspect of global sexism, the historical imbalance between men's and women's tennis on all levels, Brexit, Auckland's incessant traffic problems and quite probably even the rain delays impinging upon the second cricket test between us and Sri Lanka in Colombo.
As idiotic as this action is, it's also typical of a sport where those who think they're in charge are in fact utterly beholden to the whims, tantrums, egos, accusations and frequent abuse from some of the game's biggest names.
Only last week we were treated to another shameful on-court meltdown from Nick Krygios which included amongst other buffoonery the incredibly insulting, totally uncalled for, not to mention disturbingly unhygienic gobbing at the umpire. And this after first slinging a cup of water at him.
