ColumnistChair umpire Carlos Ramos managed to rob not one but two players in the women’s U.S. Open final. Williams abused her racket, but Ramos did something far uglier: He abused his authority. When Williams, still seething, busted her racket over losing a crucial game, Ramos docked her a point. Williams understood that she was the only person in the stadium who had the power to make that incensed crowd stop booing. Ramos had rescued his ego and, in the act, taken something from Williams and Osaka that they can never get back.

Source: Washington Post September 09, 2018 00:28 UTC