Rafael NadalMen's Singles Champion
Bob & Mike BryanMen's Doubles Champions
Serena WilliamsWomen's Singles Champion
Maria Sharapova
Lynn Welch
Maria Sharapova2008 Women's Singles Champion
Noticeably Absent in This Year's Tournament
Lynn WelchUSTA Professional Tennis Umpire
Our American Representative in Australia
OH MY!!!
ReplyDeleteJust wait until you know who logs-on today and sees this topic.
Lets Toast Equal Pay For Equal Work!!
ReplyDeleteBut in the tennis world Equal doesn't = Equal.
Australian Open:
Women: best of 3 sets. = $2 million
Men: best of 5 sets. = $2 million.
Women Finals Time: 59 minutes = $2 million.
Men Finals Time: 4 1/2 hours = $2 million.
Just another example of the proverbial Double-Standard.
Couldn't you find one of Lynn selling her tickets at the Olympics?
ReplyDeleteI don't have a photo of selling tickets, but I do have one showing her preening her hair, that I am sending in.
ReplyDeleteIsn't there one out there of Lynn sitting with a player (direct violation of rules)? She had just officiated this player's match too.
ReplyDeletewhy in hell did you ruin our day by showing a photo of that prima donna umpire??? She's as bad or worse than Brent Musberger and Bud Collins combined.
ReplyDeleteOh my God! This explains why Roger Federer was crying after his loss to Nadal at the Australian Open. He was informed that Lynn Welch would be chairing his next match. HDTV has not been friendly to the most glorious self-serving female chair official in the history of the sport. What's next, a photo shoot with Billie Jean King?
ReplyDeleteThe Women's final was a joke, and nothing but a joke. You have an out of shape fat ass wiping through her opponent in less than one hour and then telling the crowd in a giddy voice how great her opponent was. She should have said my opponent today was a piece of rat turd and then refused to accept the prize money, since it was not undeserving. Isn't there any better female players out there that can compete. Mary Carillo had it right when she said she would love to see at least one female player actually work out and get in shape like the Men.
ReplyDeleteI believe that photo was with her sitting with the player's parent. If you were invited to the weekly spaghetti dinner, then you would be nice to Mom too.
ReplyDeleteLet me do some research on the most beloved annointed chair umpire and I'll report back once all the facts are verified.
ReplyDeleteMs Welch is a FINE example of the American presence in Australia. Maybe this is one of the reasons people from all other countries hate us Americanas.
ReplyDeleteEeyore,
ReplyDeleteIf you are still reading this blog... and I know you are, I encourage you to post your most valued opinion of LW, unless of course you haven't had to deal with her in your past experiences.
We are indeed privileged to have the Queen of Overrules gracing the blog pages.
ReplyDeleteDear Worm,
ReplyDeleteFrom what I hear, Welch is a work of art in her own mind. Unfortunatley, I have not had the opportunity to meet her personally, which is probably a good thing from what I can depict from how she is represented on this blog. Does she not play well with the other children, and likes to break the other kid's pencils???
I think I remember when Lynn Welch worked a WTA tournament in Oklahoma City in the early 1990's. If I remember correctly, if one of the top players complained about a line call that went against her, she would overrule in their favor as soon as possible. I think an umpire from San Antonio (can't remember his name) got upset at her for overruling one of his baseline calls that was inside the line. But of course this was before there were on-court cameras.
ReplyDeleteThat would be a pretty fair assessment of that tournament. Fortunately, for the line officials Ms. Welch was normally only scheduled for 1 match a day and then the Finals of course.
ReplyDeleteSide story: After one night match in the post-match recovery room, a show of hands revealed that more linespeople had been over-ruled than those who had not been. :)