@@dirkiedoos8577actually, if you hit as many balls as they do every day, you are not always sure. It helps nothing to always make somebody the bad guy without you knowing for sure that she did it on purpose. The only one who is unfair here is the one who claims to know that somebody else does it with ill will. And that’s you! And by the way, not even the referee remembered whether the ball was hit or not. She also just looked at it 5 seconds before.
@@showwhite7320 Poor class by Sabalenka. She put her hand up to signal out, making no attempt to get the ball (which she couldn't anyway). She should have conceded the point.
@@teddyirons8240 I agree. Sabalenka acted very poorly here. She should have conceded the point but you don't see that often. My point is I don't think Elena should have suggested the referee was incompetent. Admittedly, it's how I would have talked to refs when I was younger. I realize now that it's not going to get you the point by humiliating the ref. It has the direct opposite effect.
They did, that's not the point. Rybakina wanted the point outright because it was a straight ace, but the arbiter argued that "fault" call affected Sabalenka's return.
"Are you going to be fined after this? If I break the racket, I'm going to be fined." Elena is 100% right. Officials in every sport simply aren't held accountable, and until they are, mistakes like this will never end.
That ref prolly is not coming back after that mistake... u can't answer I'm not so sure... she just a temporally ref cuz at the beginning are many courts so is not like they are earning too much money so...
Great example of mental toughness. Elena was unjustly treated. She knows it but she persevered and won the game. So, the bad call made no difference in the match outcome. A great player like Elena would use this as fuel to motivate her more to win this match. Well done Elena.
@@johnboyzan3304 she had a meltdown(not saying that's a disaster , it happens)she knows umpires don't change their mind any any coach would tell you to focus on the point. They make mistakes like any other people who work and their are not brain surgeons so noone will die. What's not ok is shaming an umpire based on one bad judgment. And yes they can be unsure about a call
@@mikiafumate, did she give in at last and played the point even if she deserved the ace at first? If she did, then u shd probably shut up coz not only did she win the game, she sucked it up and kept her cool even under poor umpire judgement. U rly don’t know wt ur talking abt coz blatantly saying that an unsure call can be used anytime is just ridiculous. If u want to get paid n rig a match just say it, but there is no way sabalenka could reach that corner even as shown in replay, and the umpire just say she’s unsure like she was daydreaming. That’s 100% umpire misjudgment and she should be fired. Can’t believe any normal and sane person defending this umpire. U have to be completely brainwashed to side with the umpire. Please fix ur comment and reevaluate how u look at things in life
@@timlau9611 If she should be fired it's not up to you or me and even less so up to the players. Again even brain surgeons make mistakes, people die and in most cases they don't get fired. You are publicly bashing this woman on the basis of one bad call and that's not cool. We don't know about her track record to pass such categorical judgements. Elena is a a professional, she lost focus for a bit but regained and didn't let one mistake dictate the outcome of the whole match. As it should be the case.
Elena served an ace ball. Sabalenka gives up on the return (she can't even reach the ball) and then Sabalenka points her finger up to challenge the "no call". then the call came right as her finger is pointed in the air. the Umpire was asleep during the whole time. Umpire even thought Sabalenka returned the ball! Question: how did this Umpire get the job?
That is really horrible; she took a point from her - a really brilliant point, an ace! And if Sabalenka was a better sportsperson she would have conceded the point
No player has the obligation to concede any point, winning or losing. You make it sound like Sabalenka was obligated to concede that point. I'm guessing you are a special snowflake
@@thedude9014 Same in international Squash, however there isn't a great deal of improvement with the system of refereeing unfortunately, mostly the newer(and even some some seasoned experienced) refs get it so wrong, they adhere to a dogmatic rule more so than the passage of play in any given match.
@@robb6560the ball was in transition and she had a choice to hit it (being right beside it) to which she opted against, aka, mid shot. She lifted her racket & chose not to. And also, Rybakina made an absolute meal out of the situation, she could do with anger management classes.
This short wittnessed bad job, on behalf of the umpire,she needs glasses, a brain transplant. Is she deft - blynd - or stupid, or short sighted? Hm, or is it all above? Seems that way! Fire such a wrong umpire, fire her / them??!
Lapse in focus after doing it for hours a day. Simple as that, we only see one point but for every point like this there are thousands without errors like this, but I still agree it was quite a bad lapse in focus, it’s not like something you’d have to concentrate really hard on to determine
Lol Sabalenka even wanted to challenge the ball so she obviously wasn't distracted by the call that came in the same time as she was raising her hand to challenge
But the umpire is not supposed to judge whether players are "distracted" by calls. The umpire is supposed to judge whether the call came before the point was over. A replay shows that the umpire's ruling was wrong.
@@cbgg1585sabalenka never said it was in.. She indicated the call hindered her shot.. She herself was gonna take the challenge thinking it was out.. So how can she say it was in. Rybakina was clearly robbed off a vital point here.. Sabalenka should have moved to the other side after the referral since she never came close to playing that.
@@rvprs22There's a thing called sportsmanship. Sabalenka wasn't obligated, but it was clearly an ace. There are MANY examples on YT of opponents conceding the point because either the ref was dumb or the rule was dumb.
@@berimboplata There's a thing called special snowflake, and you are one No player has the obligation to concede the point, and the examples you refer to on RU-vid of opponents conceding the point are when the players are winning the match. I assure you that there's almost 0 player on both men's and women's tours who gives up the point when the match is toe-to-toe or when the player is losing.
How could she say with a straight face that Sabalenka hit the ball back?! And then when she realized what she said was stupid she made up another argument out of the blue to try to justify her decision… and on top of that she pridefully tells Rybakina that no one will help her in this case… it’s infuriating at the very least
Sabalenka saw the Hawkeye replay, same as everyone else, which showed the ball was just in, a fraction of it touched the line. She saw that on the replay. If she had any sportsmanship at all, which by now we all know anyway she has not, she would have told the umpire that the ball was in as shown on the replay. If the umpire had then refused to back down and insisted the serve was taken again then, simple - Sabalenka just doesn't try to return it, thereby giving Rybakina the point she should have been given for the ace in the first place. Is Sabalenka the most unsporting player on the tour? Guess we already know the answer to that.
Except the current version is only accurate to within 5mm-8mm, according to Hawke Eye, so anytime they put up “1 mm” it’s just marketing to the gullible masses
@@ronanrogers4127 HawkEye, at this point in time, will always be more accurate than any human AND will get better with time. I can't wait for the time when that technology will become more available in order to be part of the standard equipement on any tennis court.
This has to be one of the most ridiculous calls I have ever seen in tennis .. Sabalenka wasn't even close to that. Rybakina is absolutely right that umpire has no business sitting there.
She did, she had a lapse in concentration and admitted she was unsure, protocol is to replay. It’s unfortunate and I doubt she’ll ever have an incident like that again but it’s as simple as that
The umpire messed up and that should be considered in her future opportunities (why wouldn’t it?), but human mistakes are made. Sabalenka had full power to set things straight by giving away the point she knew belonged entirely to her opponent but she didn’t. That’s definitely not a sporting spirit. Edit: glad to see in the comments there’s a consensus on Sabalenka
Sabalenka knew it was her point but did nothing. Also with the dodgy grunts to distract a player yet at the Aus open she tries to play the nice person card. Classic cheat
You may want to upload the original subtitles. The U-Tube's CC can't pick up the sound for a lot of the discussion going on. Elena is particularly softly spoken. Just a helpful suggestion.
I feel like it's just as good now, but maybe you noticed something that I haven't so I don't know. But I would say she probably has the best serve on tour right now, alongside Sabalenla, Garcia and Zheng.
@@ravulareddyhow much do you think they make? 😂😂 fining umpires for mistakes is the worst idea I’ve ever heard, also this mistake mentioned above is inconsequential. It was a simple misspeak
@@irgendeinname9256people are not overreacting, they are right; both players and umpire are not on court for fun or for tourism. In business- and this is business - whoever makes a mistake pay ALWYS the price- and rightly so
@amongsamsung9656 like I said, this could happen to anyone and every umpire will make a fault in his career at some point. Always firing them because of that is absolutely ridiculous because one single mistake will tell you nothing about the umpires reliability. The main problem here to me are the stupid Wimbledon rules.not being able to watch the replay and also still using line judges just doesnt make any sense. But hey you could fire the line judge too for calling the ball out. Don't get me wrong, if I was Rybakina I would be pissed too and her reaction is relatable but instantly firing if this is a one time thing is completely over the top.
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To everyone who’s saying “umpires are human and can’t remember everything” - did you not notice that she initially confidently MADE UP her mind that Sabalenka hit the ball back BEFORE LATER admitting that she doesn’t actually remember? Tomorrow at work, I encourage you all to try lying to your boss about your work product being finished and then saying “whoops I actually forgot, so you’re going to have to extend the deadline” and see whether that’s viewed as acceptable. I also don’t understand how anybody expects a player who deliberately makes elongated loud grunting noises (“Uh-HAAaaaaaa!”) that last well past the point of their shot crossing the net in a clear attempt to throw off their opponents to suddenly show enough good character and sportsmanship to give up on the chance to replay a lost point. We know who we’re dealing with here so let’s be realistic. It was the umpire’s job - not Sabalenka’s - to make sure the point was called properly. And at the end of the clip the umpire shows that she can’t even remember what set it is. I agree that this altogether goes beyond human error. We can find better umpires than this and not extend her a job offer next year.
This is also one of those things where why can’t the umpire review the footage , maybe similar to VAR in football. Surely if it’s taking them 5 minutes to arrive at a conclusion it would be faster to just review footage
If the umpire has bad memory, they don’t belong there as their incompetence will adversely affect the fair calls. Bring in umpires with good memory and decisive actions.
Jesus Christ calm down. We are all humans and sometimes have lapses in concentration. This one was quite bad and came at a bad time in a bigger match, but for every one of these calls there are 10,000 that you don’t care about because the calls were good.
Yes, just like the teenage waiter should have $50 docked from his paycheck because he dropped someone’s plate on accident. Do you realize how ridiculous that sounds? Being an umpire is just like a regular job, regular jobs don’t fine your or dock your pay for mess ups. Professional tennis players are paid WAY more and their income is dependent on winning and winning alone (prize money at least). These are incomparable and just a cruel opinion to have on someone who had a very rare lapse in concentration that I’m sure she felt bad and embarrassed about after seeing it played back later on
Umpire ‘suggested’ that Sabalenka hit the ball back and she responded No. That’s exactly where this should have ended and the Ace is given. Everything else after is incompetence by the Umpire and made up drivel by Sabalenka…which the umpire falls for. The lady clearly should not be an umpire at this level.
I dont understand, is there no challenge system anymore ? They have to use official TV replays in this situation. This can mean a difference of a win or loss, or even potentially million or more dollars in earnings. All because the chair umpire was not alert. Its just unfair.
Challenges are not commonplace now because Hawkeye technology has been more widely implemented and calls are based on the technology. No need for line judge anymore. But this wasn’t about the line call. The real question here is whether the incorrect call hindered sabalenka. Which it didn’t because it was called out way after the ball was served.
While she was correct. Saba didn’t even touched the ball. The out call was made after the ball hit the wall. It was an ace! And absurd that the ref didn’t saw it was an ice. It was too early to throw a tantrum over a point. It was 30-30 on her turn to serve. All this argument eats out of your focus.
Sabalenka took a step toward the ball, lifted her racket, but then did nothing more, actually giving a sign that she thought the ball was out. I don’t think she could have reached the ball if she had tried for it, especially after she gave up on it. Then the call was contested, and it was clearly in reversing the call. So it came down to a judgment call or at least it should have. If the umpire had decided that Sabalenka could not have returned the ball in any case, then she should have awarded the point to Elena. The umpire could also have decided that Sabalenka could have returned the ball, possibly, but then was distracted by the out call. Then she could have ordered a let. I believe that would have been wrong. Instead, the umpire called for a let because she basically had forgotten what happened and probably was not paying attention very closely in the first place. So Elena was right. The umpire was being useless and shouldn’t have been there at all. Poor Elena. She deserved better than this.
Dang, that’s upsetting. And I think she handled it well too. It was an ace. & there was no hindrance. The call didn’t come until after the ball passed aryna. Very bad call by the umpire. It’s kind of dumb umpires don’t have a way they can review a point real fast? Like they could enforce a time limit and the umpire can have like up to 30 seconds or something to actually re-watch a point so they can make a accurate call in situations like this.
@@vitoni3865 a ref can mistake as a player do. If you miss 1 point of 200 and get mad, you are not a pro. And most of such bursts come from always the same clown players…