by sumac | Nov 11, 2017 | Sports Apologies
Guest post from SorryWatch Senior Tennis Correspondent Wendy Grossman. One of the most commonly heard complaints of the suspicious tennis fan is this: the draw is fixed. The suspicious tennis fan is delusional, as I established last year. Draws are public. The press...
by sumac | Sep 27, 2017 | Sports Apologies
Fabio Fognini was having a bad moment at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, New York. Actually, 3 bad moments. In the singles, Stefano Travaglia, was beating him. In the process of losing he had 3 temper tantrums. These were directed at umpire Louise Engzell. Fognini,...
by sumac | Jan 20, 2017 | Media Apologies, Sports Apologies
After the second round of the Australian Open, after playing Lucie Safarova, Serena Williams took questions from reporters. The first ‘question came from a reporter who favored her with his evaluation: “Congrats on the win. But it looked a little bit of a...
by sumac | Apr 11, 2016 | Sports Apologies
Guest post from Senior Tennis Correspondent Wendy M. Grossman! At least once a year, some male in tennis voices a disparaging opinion of the women’s tour in general or the female players in specific. Usually, that male is a player or former player, and survives...
by snarly | May 29, 2014 | Bropology, Sports Apologies
On Wednesday afternoon, 18-year-old American tennis phenom Taylor Townsend unexpectedly defeated 24-year-old French person Alize Cornet, reaching the third round of the French Open. “After she won she smiled wide and danced in the rain,” reported the Wall...