Hacker Cinema
Backstory: Serena vs. The Umpire
2019 · Film · documentary · 62 min
Directed by Timothy M. Hogan
The story behind one of the biggest sports controversies of 2018 taking a look into Serena Williams' clash with umpire Carlos Ramos during the 2018 US Open women's final.
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My young son is really getting into tennis and I grew up playing as well so I’m excited.
It’s hard not to let my imagination run wild about him walking out center court at Wimbledon (okay fine I’d take the French Open too), with me in the stands cheering him on.
But then I see what it takes to even get to a D1 level (private coaching, academies where he’s fodder for the golden goose, et al) let alone making it to The Show and I would never in a million years want to subject my child to that kind of torture.
I’ve come to accept it’s most likely he might play in high school and him and I can enjoy playing together as a fun bonding activity.
Serena said in that HBO documentary about her that she’d never put her kids into the Tennis machine and that’s about as much validation as I’ll ever need.