@@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.
@@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.
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?
@@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.
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.
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
@@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.
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
@@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 RUclips 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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
When heavenly angels like rybakina protests also...it is like a blessing to a cursed and a dishonest person....that is the divine greatness of my dearest Elina...❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤..Praise the lord....
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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
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.
Yet another example of why tennis should have instant replay like football. They started Hawkeye as a recognition of the fact that line calls should be accurate for the sake of fairness, so why not do the same with instant replay? IR would've made it blatantly obvious that the call came well after the ball passed Sabalenka. You can even hear the ball hit the wall a split second before the call is made.
A Player who´s honest can ALWAYS overrule the referee. We´ve seen it couple of times of Roger and also Rafa. There´s no need to discuss it with the player if the opponent agrees to it.
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.
To be fair with both sides , umpires are human as well and can miss a call . There is only 2 ways to this 1. Pls extend the review option or refree to be called in (if they fail to do so ) 2. Get the Robots or Ai to be a refree (Then the calls will be fair )
@@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…
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
I'm more disappointed in Sabalenka for playing that point than I am in the ref. Ref clearly made a mistake but she couldn't go back against her call. Sabalenka could have just let the ball go on that point and it would have avoided everything.
This is where Sabalenka should have been honest and said no give her the point, it was an ace
How do you not remember whether or not you hit the ball when it happened 5 seconds ago? 😂
How do you not remember whether or not you hit the ball when it happened 5 seconds ago? 😂
We always focus on the next ball, that’s why we always forgot what just happened
Sabalenka already did but it wouldn't have helped as you see. It's a terrible rule by the judge and ref.
@@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.
'You hit the ball back...right'?
Umpire has NO IDEA 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Imagine. She's in that seat of a grand slam because she's supposedly the best of the best.
I howled after hearing that.
Elena was absolutely right ; and she won the game afterwards, even though she was upset, like the true champion she is. Go, Elena ! ❤
Poor class displayed here though.
@@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.
@@showwhite7320 your mom is trash class, opps u dont have 1
Such a sexy woman.
I don’t understand why they can’t replay the point on the big screen to double check. It’s stupid
because she doesn't have the remote.
Lies again? Better Than Cantona BitCoin
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.
@@kehtabpeg and we saw on the replay that the call was after the ball already went past the opponent, basically it was already in the wall...
they have screens and walkie talkie thing, it's easy to check if she is not sure, she had one job... and she "wasn't sure" @@Zico20
"She hit the ball". "Im not sure if she hit the ball or not". What a dreadful umpire lying like that. Hope she never umpires a tennis match again.
again the ref was wrong : Sabalenka was nowhere near the ball.
I thought she was quite honest in saying she was not sure.
You guys get rolled up too easily.
She first said Sabs hit the ball then said she wasn't sure. She shouldn't be umpiring if she changes her mind like that. @@henrykaspar3634
@@henrykaspar3634 : in any other match - this is an ace .. why not this one. As Elena said : you're not sure - fine, why is that my problem ?!
@@henrykaspar3634oh yes, the umpire is
simply not fit to the job, not professional enough -wrong job for her
"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.
Nah I'm pretty sure they get in trouble if something like this happens more often. Also they are also just human, stuff like this can happen
As if this would have made any difference. Absurd comment.
Your reasoning is idiotic.
But aren’t they held accountable when not hired in future events?
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...
Clear Ace...Sabalenka should have moved to the AD side after HawkEye showed the ball was in...
Cheaterlenka, she could not touch the ball that was clearly an Ace. .
@phantomaq CRY MORE 😢. AO champion 🏆
When you scream/grunt like that, you got no dignity.
@@Berighteousonenot a peoples champion clearly. Aaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!
@@BerighteousoneCry more 😢 Rybakina Wimbledon Champion 🏆 which is more prestigious than AO
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.
Love Rybakina’s reasoning. Umpire is not sure? Why then is she there in the ist place!
Lol are you joking? The umpire acted very professionally after not being sure, which is totally normal and Elena had a melt down.
@@mikiafu she did not have a meltdown that is a total exaggeration. This was a terrible decision by the umpire, lena has every right to be angry
@@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.
Referees should be held accountable for their mistakes, this was definitely one of those times.
Just replace with automated
They are
@@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.
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?
AI time
She didn’t touch the ball and the call came after the ball hit the wall. Maybe 2 seconds after the service. What an idiot umpiring!!
+ Sabalenka too, pointed out with her finger. She gave up on a good ball...
Worst chair umpire, Rybakina absolutelly right on this case!
She's not right at all. The linesman had called the ball out, the point would have to be replayed anyway.
@@BrandespadaSabalenka thought the ball was out and gave up at the same time, I don’t think it should be replayed
@@Brandespadayou don’t know how the sport works don’t ever comment again
@@ovius7386 I'm an umpire in my club. I know what I'm talking about
@@andyz9455 Wrong. Sabalenka challenged the call! The only irrelevant error the umpire made was saying that Sabalenka had hit the ball.
No need to replay ! It’s an ace
Hardly an ace when she is challenging the point mid-shot.
@@pd_2023no, she didn't challenged the ball mid shot, she challenged the ball AFTER the shot and AFTER the line judge fault call
@@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.
@@pd_2023its an ace.. are you fucking blind .. sabalenka couldn't touch that serve..
انه إرسال ساحق لقد لمس الخط و سابليناك حاولت صدها لكنها اقتنعت بعدم إمكانية ذلك لسرعة الإرسال.
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
Exactly why challenge an out ball and call it a fault ..
nope, that was not "challenge", that was her calling the serve out.
Sabalaneka was playing games on this one for sure once the replay showed it in
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.
And she won the championship. She needs to do this always..😊
She won it a year later
This was in 2021 wimbledon, not 2022. Rybakina dropped the last 12 points of this set in a row to lose 6-3.
@@Landauh2022 was more easy because Russian and Belarusian player didn’t have the right to participate.
How in the world did she ever come to think Sabalenka touch the ball? She wasn’t even close. This is horrible umpiring indeed.
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
Sabalenka screams 3 times louder than the "out" call on every point but its not a hindrance.
Why a player is allowed to make that much noise while the ball is in play is beyond me.
It's so annoying. Major hindrance.
These comments get old, yall aren’t gonna change the fact that she grunts. This doesn’t need to be commented on every single video with aryna in it
@@jboww2121that notwithstanding, can you believe how much noise she makes when she hits the ball? Not sure if you noticed…
outrageous conduct by umpire and opponent. poor elena, even in such situation her voice is like an angle
What do you mean? Sabalenka said it was in. The umpire made the final judgment.
@@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.
@@cbgg1585lol did you watch the video? Sabalenka made the out finger point right after the serve. 🤦♂️
Yes angle's voices are so angelic although I've never heard an angle speak.
How do angles sound? Is it a right angle or?
I have never seen arguement so calm and cute :😊😊
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
Agree
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
Сабаленка просто орущее физически крепкое существо с ментальными и умственными проблемами по-моему
Thanks for this. This just shows how unsporty sabalenka is! Instead of admitting that she did not move & the call was after, she just stood there.
She said she didn't touch the ball when the referee asked her.
Just say u don't like Aryna instead of lying.
What else could be expected from Miss Trunchbull?😂
@@sahiuu first she said that but then she acted like she couldn't remember
@@sahiuu She said she didn't hit the ball, but also said she didn't move because it was called out, which is a lie.
Sabalenka should have given the point.
Not her responsibility. Bad umpire.
@@rvprs22sorry excuse. she could’ve given the point.
@@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.
It's called "sportMANship" for a reason 😂 you won't see that in women tennis 😂
@@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 RUclips 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.
garbage umpire lmaoooo
You know this is amazing to see so much love and support to Elena. Really rare a sportsperson get overwhelming support
Can you imagine McEnroe is this type of situation
This is exactly why electronic line calling is a godsend and should always be used at all major tournaments, be they on clay or not even.
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.
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.
The umpire was completely lost and maybe for sportmanship Sabalenka could admit that she totally missed the shot. 100% reason for Rybakina
Thanks for the original sub-titles. Pity they didn't capture what Stefano Vukov said ;-)
She showed more emotion here than when she lifted the trophy lol
? why does she need to show emotion?
@@jonnybingham1Your question is really silly
@@Firemarioflowerit isn't. you are the one that is
@@jonnybingham1 she doesn't. just an observation. this call was horrible
Elena is absolutely right this chair empire should be fined
It was an ace.
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
WTA need to ban screaming - so unpleasant to listen to.
Love the way she talked ❤
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.
5:30 "You failed your highness. I am a Jedi!"
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.
“Are you getting fined after this?” Rybakina is such a gem. She’s so calm and levelheaded even though the ref is annoying her.
You cannot sit on a world stage and say you are unsure... make the call with information that you have.
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
@@jboww2121 but you can't say you are unsure on TV
Her service motion here is so much better than it is now.
Grass court is the fatest surface in the world ; that's just an impression.
@@flavieflo848 Nope. Now she has a weird hitch on her service motion. Much more fluid in this video.
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.
@@roter13yet she serve better now and a slam and ace record than this form😂
She just said 1 game all..SECOND SET?!? dafuqqq 🤣🤣🤣🤣
haha.third set
another reason to fine the umpires
I heard the same lol... maybe she was so nervous 😂😂
@@latingdmcvergilshe was definitely nervous because she messed up that call lol 😂 I’m an official so I know 😊
@@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
Every tournament should be electronic line calls
U guys r blaming an umpire the shady one was the player who knew what happened. The empire was just dumb
Yeah except that's the point of being an umpire. She get's paid to do this as a job..... "just being dumb" is not an excuse
Which empire are you referring to? Roman? British? Galactic?
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
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
And at the end umpire said .. one game all SECOND set … 😂😂😂
Jesus fucking christ. I wish Rybakina would have yelled out "It's the THIRD set!". Would have cemented the umpire's incompetence.
I noticed that too!!
@@MsRafanatichaha that would have been superb.
Hahahahah!
Imagine being able to check the video replay
Neither Chair Umpire nor Sabalenka Graceful to admit mistake give Elena her due. But
Elena responded by winning the
Game, Elegance Grace.❤
The ref should have confirmed she made a mistake and gave her the point
It was an ace!
If tennis players were so harshly judged for every mistake and error they wouldn't survive a day.
This is WTA, professional tennis. An official needs to make the call, right or wrong . Elena is right, "Why are you sitting there if you're not sure".
When heavenly angels like rybakina protests also...it is like a blessing to a cursed and a dishonest person....that is the divine greatness of my dearest Elina...❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤..Praise the lord....
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.
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.
This is why I love Rybakina❤
This is how you make your point, composed and calmly
0:48 "She did hit the ball back". That Umpire should NEVER be allowed to umpire another match again. Shocking.
Sabalenka even raised her finger to call it out.
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.
I can' t play anymore if it was me... Unfair kill me. Respect Elena.
Who is this umpire, must be sacked, Tennis does not need her, an absolute Disgrace ! That was an Ace !
Um... the match is being recorded. Just review the recording on the big screen and problem is solved. That should be standard!
People expect sympathy if they make a mistake. Only referees are expected to have a 100% flawless performance ratio.
Its not like they can’t change their decision? What’s wrong with admitting fault and giving Rybakina the point she rightfully deserves?
you can say i' m not sure if a ball is in or out but you can' t say that you don' t remember something that you are umpiring !
she is right, referee must be fired.
i dont firing someone would help. imagine if anyone got fined over every mistake they made a work smh
Wtf because of one mistake? Umpires are also just humans, that could have happened to anyone. People here are overreacting
@@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.
The grunts have just gone way too far, it’s ridiculous
Horrendous mistake by the umpire, telling her that Sabalenka did return the serve… how can she not know…
‘Horrendous’ - one octave lower, please.
@@henrykaspar3634 she said: she did, she returned the serve. In what world? Xd
The call was made after the ball bounced back from the wall. Elena should get the point. The umpire is so unprofessional.
imagine if pros just called out every serve just in case
This is the only time I have ever seen Elena react. She was right though
I love these videos about Tennis. Finally something to make the sport interesting.
"if I break the racket now I'm gonna be fined" -> sounds like a reference to similar incident with McEnroe
Umpire should be fined for this kind of mistakes.
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
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.
One game all Second Set? Oh gosh
Its funny how everyone takes a perfect referee performance as a given without being in thier situation once.
Лена очень красивая когда сердится❤❤❤❤❤❤
Call came way after it passed sabalenka. That umpire was high or was she supporting sabalenka?
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.
Yet another example of why tennis should have instant replay like football. They started Hawkeye as a recognition of the fact that line calls should be accurate for the sake of fairness, so why not do the same with instant replay? IR would've made it blatantly obvious that the call came well after the ball passed Sabalenka. You can even hear the ball hit the wall a split second before the call is made.
A Player who´s honest can ALWAYS overrule the referee. We´ve seen it couple of times of Roger and also Rafa. There´s no need to discuss it with the player if the opponent agrees to it.
Why can’t they just see the replay on tv? That would’ve been easier?
This is going to be on TennisTV bro.
All I hear:
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Aaaah
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Sabalenka playing stupid asking the crowd ''did i hit the ball'' ishhhh, you got served an ace girl admit it
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.
Even when Elena is angry she’s so damn cute!
How can the umpire not be sure if Sabalenka hit the ball back if she was looking at Sabalenka and the stroke would have made a sound 😂 ffs
sabalenka needs to give her the point and be honest.
To be fair with both sides , umpires are human as well and can miss a call . There is only 2 ways to this 1. Pls extend the review option or refree to be called in (if they fail to do so ) 2. Get the Robots or Ai to be a refree (Then the calls will be fair )
Sometimes a ref mistakes. You can live with that.
really? this mistake can cost someone match because stuff like this can push you out of focus
@@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…
Regardless of the timing of the call sabalenka was going to challenge of the call did not come, so she should have lost the point straight away.
What a the Hell!! Poor LENA!
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
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What year was this At Wimbledon???
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Sabalenka showed disrespect to her opponent for reasons so obvious I won’t insult any tennis fan in explaining.
I like Sabalenka, but that was a straight up ace
I'm more disappointed in Sabalenka for playing that point than I am in the ref. Ref clearly made a mistake but she couldn't go back against her call. Sabalenka could have just let the ball go on that point and it would have avoided everything.