Its all to please the American TV audience. Money talks­ baby, and so spanish speaking Potro is not allowed to­ express himself. Even when he was eventually allowed­ after much pleading, they cut him short.
About Serena,­ she has done worse things before!

Novak Djokovic has got the stupidest haircut on the­ tour....

very well said ngills35..I was shocked to see that a­ CHAMPION was begging to have a few words in his own­ acceptance speech (though it was over and he asked­ again but still it was just a matter of time). I never­ saw such an embarassing moment in my life of the tennis­ history...i don't think there was any racism It­ was just a shear stupidity from MC to say "No No­ we are running out of the time"..surely he was­ undermining a new comer....

very well said ngills35..I was shocked to see that a­ CHAMPION was begging to have a few words in his own­ acceptance speech (though it was over and he asked­ again but still it was just a matter of time). I never­ saw such an embarassing moment in my life of the tennis­ history...i don't think there was any racism It­ was just a shear stupidity from MC to say "No No­ we are running out of the time"..surely he was­ undermining a new comer....

very well said ngills35..I was shocked to see that a­ CHAMPION was begging to have a few words in his own­ acceptance speech (though it was over and he asked­ again but still it was just a matter of time). I never­ saw such an embarassing moment in my life of the tennis­ history...i don't think there was any racism It­ was just a shear stupidity from MC to say "No No­ we are running out of the time"..surely he was­ undermining a new comer....

In d heat of action a lot of people would swear is dat­ not true?

The whole US caucasian establishment of the US open­ system is racist. Maybe non caucasians ought to boycott­ in protest against the negatively biased ways they are­ treated. Wonder whether any one noticed that the MC FOR­ THE MENS FINALS TWICE REFUSED TO ALLOW CHAMPION DEL­ POTRO TO EXPRESS HIMSELF IN SPANISH TO HIS FAMILY AND­ FANS PRESENT. Well MC kept saying we dont have time, we­ dont have time. Eventually when Del Potro asked a third­ time at the point of tears, he kept rushing him. BAD­ BAD REALLY BAD AND RACIST. Well because, federer the­ LOSER was given more time to speak and even urged on to­ speak more. This is not good. Not good at all. Del­ Potro is a great and humble CHAMPION just like Nadal­ and unlike federer. On the issue of Federer's rant­ and arrogant abuse of the Umpire, well i hear people­ say it was out of character so its acceptable. Poor­ Serena, the one time she has stood up to challenge in­ frustration against 10 YEARS OF WRONG CALLS, she is­ branded bad. God be the judge- whether abusing line­ judge is a greater offense than abusing an umpire and­ blurting expletive on live TV to children- only the­ white caucasian system and press can tell

You white @#$%, how can you not see the racist aspects­ of their judgement. Serena threatened with word as well­ as threw her racquet down,. Roger Federa spoke the word­ in the same aggresive manner. The two were fined just­ as the total fine for USO was 30,000 USD. So the rest­ that were fined have minor degrees of offence while the­ heaviest of offence was Serena's. Justified NO.. It­ is all white washed hatrate.. There seem to be­ everyone involved must get some money out of their­ pocket.. The same reason a fomer US president Jimmy­ Carter spoke openly about US Racism.. In this forum US­ officials are so debased to the extent of using a­ Chinese official to perpetrate their Racism.. Denied­ Serena her crown and gave it to undeserving eventual­ winner.. All that is white is bad.. Shame on you­ uncivilised white race..

I realise that some comments on this article previously­ shown have now been removed. In any case let.s face,­ one bad decision could change the cause of a match and­ for umpires to make several of them in one match as­ important as the USO final leaves match to be desired.­ Their decisions could change the history books of the­ sport and must therefore be made to be more­ responsible. Roger.s conduct was not right but his­ points well all correct. He must pay the fine but what­ happens to the umpires whose actions - actions which­ could be inadvertent or blanatant attempt to deny­ somebody of an achievement.

lol sorry but icouldnt help myself but LOL at­ thecomment of sancez.santos calling yannis a­ racist..who? SANCHEZ.SANTOS!!! that made my day!yannis­ don't respond to him and the lieks of him, you lose­ your right.
and s.s watch your mouth when talking about­ mediterranean people, am I clear?

GO rog! although i­ did feel embarassed at first when seeing him argue like­ that i was happy that AT LAST someone put this &^%#­ of an umpire in his place... it was about time! (where­ did they find him i wonder...)

lol sorry but icouldnt help myself but LOL at­ thecomment of sancez.santos calling yannis a­ racist..who? SANCHEZ.SANTOS!!! that made my day!yannis­ don't respond to him and the lieks of him, you lose­ your right.
and watch your mouth when talking about­ mediterranean people, am I clear?

The lack of objectivity on this board is amazing. Can­ people not be quite so partisan but recognise when a­ player, even if it is the one they support is acting in­ a way which brings disrepute to the game. There is no­ way that Serena Williams' behaviour can be­ justified or excused, she threatened another person in­ a violent and intimidating manner. Federer's­ behaviour was out of character and directed at the­ seeming inconsistencies of the umpire's rulings­ during the match. Whilst his language was regrettable­ he was not aggressive and in the view of most pundits­ commentating on the match he was right in his­ questioning of the umpire. Who is at fault here are the­ Referees who do not insist that the umpires act­ consistently in applying the rules, Hawkeye challenges­ are meant to be immediate, not after the opposing­ player as I have previously stated has had the time to­ collect his towel from the ballboy and reach his chair­ for the changeover. The level of abuse by some on this­ board suggests that they are not real tennis fans, but­ merely wind up merchants with little grasp of the­ english language.

The lack of objectivity on this board is amazing. Can­ people not be quite so partisan but recognise when a­ player, even if it is the one they support is acting in­ a way which brings disrepute to the game. There is no­ way that Serena Williams' behaviour can be­ justified or excused, she threatened another person in­ a violent and intimidating manner. Federer's­ behaviour was out of character and directed at the­ seeming inconsistencies of the umpire's rulings­ during the match. Whilst his language was regrettable­ he was not aggressive and in the view of most pundits­ commentating on the match he was right in his­ questioning of the umpire. Who is at fault here are the­ Referees who do not insist that the umpires act­ consistently in applying the rules, Hawkeye challenges­ are meant to be immediate, not after the opposing­ player as I have previously stated has had the time to­ collect his towel from the ballboy and reach his chair­ for the changeover. The level of abuse by some on this­ board suggests that they are not real tennis fans, but­ merely wind up merchants with little grasp of the­ english language.

LOL he put that arse of an umpire right in his place...­ i wonder what the problem with the umps in usopenwas­ thisyear.... i didnt see not even oneof the famous­ well-known and recognised umpires... whatever!

LOL he put that arse of an umpire right in his place...­ i wonder what the problem with the umps in usopenwas­ thisyear.... i didnt see not even oneof the famous­ well-known and recognised umpires... whatever!

This is the @#$% himself. An exact quote:

"No no­ no! It’s too late. Stop! Come on! I wasn't allowed­ to challenge after 2 seconds. The guy takes, like, 10­ every time. You can't allow that stuff to happen.­ Do you have any rules in there or what? Stop showing me­ your hands, OK? Don't tell me to be quiet, OK? When­ I want to talk, I talk, all right? I don't give a­ @#$% what he said. I just say he waited too long.­ Don't f*cking tell me the rules. I wasn't­ allowed to challenge, like, 2 matches ago after 1­ second. He takes 10 seconds. Oh, he likes the rules,­ right? Don't f*cking talk to me."

This is the @#$% himself. An exact quote:

"No no­ no! It’s too late. Stop! Come on! I wasn't allowed­ to challenge after 2 seconds. The guy takes, like, 10­ every time. You can't allow that stuff to happen.­ Do you have any rules in there or what? Stop showing me­ your hands, OK? Don't tell me to be quiet, OK? When­ I want to talk, I talk, all right? I don't give a­ @#$% what he said. I just say he waited too long.­ Don't f*cking tell me the rules. I wasn't­ allowed to challenge, like, 2 matches ago after 1­ second. He takes 10 seconds. Oh, he likes the rules,­ right? Don't f*cking talk to me."

Federer has 10 years of career as a proof what a­ gentleman he is. But let's not be hypocritical -­ everybody swears now and then in heated situations. One­ profanity doesn't invalidate 10 years of grace and­ immaculate behaviour even while being world No. 1, and­ being in the centre of attention, which normally­ exposes one's weaknesses.

That he got a fine -­ OK, right, if that's going to be the policy from­ now on, and whenever somebody swears - including­ Murray, Roddick - he gets the same.
But I have the sad­ feeling that outraged because of Serena's­ behaviour, the USTA wanted to show - at Federer's­ expense - how hard and uncompromising they are. If so,­ it was unjust.
All the more as mentioning the two cases­ in the same sentence gives the false impression as if­ they did the same: and this is very unfair. Federer was­ only frustrated and let it go in a swear, but Serena­ actually addressed her swears to a person and­ threatened her!

Federer has 10 years of career as a proof what a­ gentleman he is. But let's not be hypocritical -­ everybody swears now and then in heated situations. One­ profanity doesn't invalidate 10 years of grace and­ immaculate behaviour even while being world No. 1, and­ being in the centre of attention, which normally­ exposes one's weaknesses.

That he got a fine -­ OK, right, if that's going to be the policy from­ now on, and whenever somebody swears - including­ Murray, Roddick - he gets the same.
But I have the sad­ feeling that outraged because of Serena's­ behaviour, the USTA wanted to show - at Federer's­ expense - how hard and uncompromising they are. If so,­ it was unjust.
All the more as mentioning the two cases­ in the same sentence gives the false impression as if­ they did the same: and this is very unfair. Federer was­ only frustrated and let it go in a swear, but Serena­ actually addressed her swears to a person and­ threatened her!