Go back to previous topic
Forum nameOkay Sports
Topic subjectThe commentary during the Serena match was cringeworthy
Topic URLhttp://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2702316&mesg_id=2702443
2702443, The commentary during the Serena match was cringeworthy
Posted by bentagain, Tue Sep-03-19 12:55 PM
Admittedly, I don't watch a lot of tennis...if any at all TBH

Caught the CoCo vs Naomi match...and then the Serena vs Martic match

1 thing I can credit to OkaySports, is being able to see systemic 'cism in real time in our sports culture

I don't know how commentators, in 2019, aren't being reprimanded for descriptors like...

Bullying
Intimidating

...to describe Serena...

while describing the yt european player as

Creative
Imaginative

They literally reduced a black player vs a white player to...

physicality vs intelligence

Do better.

IRT CoCo, I found myself questioning the parents decision

That 2nd set was a complete mental breakdown

Some things should just naturally get corrected as she matures

she definitely has the skill

But it was difficult to watch her breakdown on such a huge stage, and a lot of people don't come back from that

What's wrong with being Junior champ 2 years in a row...?

Just thought to myself if the parents had considered such a disastrous result

...she also got washed in doubles...

Hope she can extract the relevant lessons from this tournament moving forward, and becomes the sensation everyone is projecting

But it felt like a huge gamble, that probably wasn't necessary...in hindsight.