‘I don’t remember’ -J. Zhang, pretty much every match she umpires

"I'm not asking you, okay?" I LOVE HER

I love how you found Krejcikova's "response" to Ostapenko. Quality job as usual!

@einarsd4

Жыл бұрын

Ostapenko was correct. She was too late to challenge the call. Thomas Sweeney is stupid beyond belief.

@Lev_Vasiliev

Жыл бұрын

Facts

@alfonsodiez3623

Жыл бұрын

If you look closely, you’ll see that it was in fact Ostapenko responding in 2022 to what Krejcikova told her in 2021. She holds her grudge 😂

@patrikiosvatemanopoulos

Жыл бұрын

@@alfonsodiez3623 Yes, you are right!

@TennisAdvocate

Жыл бұрын

🙏💚

This umpire Zhang never remembers what literally just happened on the last point. Is she even watching?

@tbx59

Жыл бұрын

She's the drizzling shits.

@user-gu1un7pb7k

Жыл бұрын

She is useless and always has been

@sk8ingcoach1

Жыл бұрын

Yeah she’s actually so bad

@frfdrake

Жыл бұрын

You can see, that the LU is shouting before return hit the ball, his body moved while making the call. So it could effect the return and its a replay.

@naidnarnya9448

Жыл бұрын

@@frfdrake huh? The LU called it after the return. She recounted the events of the point completely incorrectly, and finishes it with “I don’t remember.” I seriously wonder how she doesn’t get fired? Does anyone know?

Krejcikova might be the only player who can stand up to Ostapenko and put her in her place

@alecplummer6539

Жыл бұрын

@@jesuslovesmebut8180 but too bad Ostapenko never plays them or has drama when they play. I’ve seen Cornet put Ostapenko in her place though. Also the more and more Barbora is on here it really shows how nice of a person she is and won’t let anyone take advantage of her. Too bad tht USO MTO incident with Muguruza got her bad rep even tho she was so nice Mugu, despite Mugu being so nasty towards her

@cambed71

Жыл бұрын

@@alecplummer6539 you talking about Krejcikova or Badosa? or did Badosa play Muguruza at US Open too?

@alecplummer6539

Жыл бұрын

@@cambed71 Krejcikova

@MisterReZ

Жыл бұрын

@@cambed71 i think he meant "Barbara"

(8:28) J Zhang had a history of forgetting points … How is she still able to umpire matches? Why not use the challenge system to look at the return to see that it was out?

@einarsd4

Жыл бұрын

I agree. She forgot point when Dominica Cibulkova played against Su Wei Hsieh few years ago. Zhang is truly horrible umpire.

@javiert.592

Жыл бұрын

Yes it's quite difficult to understand what it happens to this umpire. However, I think her decision was the right one.

@einarsd4

Жыл бұрын

@@javiert.592 No it was wrong decision.

@kitchenkraze1599

Жыл бұрын

Yes she is terrible! But what must it say about the other umpires that she’s considered a top umpire??

@chizukoyamazaki9777

Жыл бұрын

She is a disgrace

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@tommysalami6301

Жыл бұрын

Legend for keeping track

@eadamic17

Жыл бұрын

Benoit "Benny" Paire 🐐🐐🐐

@Myskka

Жыл бұрын

Putintseva is literally the women version of Benoît Paire 😂 I would a mixed double with them 😆

@LudwigVanKoopa

Жыл бұрын

I like how Georgi's Dad is also on the list. Good work 👍

@Gangrel1fan

Жыл бұрын

Let’s just put this out there right now: NOBODY is gonna appear in more TA videos than Benoit Paire will. That’s just facts. 💀

The last point with Gauff and Saba, you can hear how much sabalenka screams hinder her opponent. She's screaming long after the ball is hit and when it's in the strike zone for Gauff. They need to stamp this out. It's not fair to the other players. Especially the ones who are respectful.

@lobomalsano

Жыл бұрын

That was not a double bounce at all. Why dont you address that first?

@johnboyzan3304

Жыл бұрын

I’m a big fan of Aryna’s tennis/ personality but i can’t believe sometimes how she doesnt get warned about her screaming, she’s literally still making noise when her opponent hits the return

The people who spray the water on the clay must really enjoy their job because the way the were doing it was so extra! 😂😂😂

@cambed71

Жыл бұрын

just trying to piss Sakkari off lol. They looked buff though. I need to find some boys like that and do a job like that so I can get guns like them

Also, the amount of times I've seen Zhang say, "but, I don't remember," is staggering. How is she still officiating?

@jennym2276

Жыл бұрын

I don't know but it's alway her. The ball was clearly hit before the fault call and way out, but behind her chair. Can't she just call up the other line judge and ask her what she saw if she missed it?

@PolarBearProblems

Жыл бұрын

@@jennym2276 I 100% agree. It’s very weird. It’s also weird that they have all this technology, but refuse to use it for anything but challenging line calls

@sorongvanl

8 ай бұрын

@@jennym2276 That would be the solution. Zhang didn't watch the ball. And it is actually hard to blame her for that, given what happens.

Figured Cornet would have better temper tantrum form, but that throw stunk.

@lobomalsano

Жыл бұрын

@@jesuslovesmebut8180 Also with that horrible nose job, can she even breathe properly?

The effort you put into these videos are amazing. I look forward to them! Thank you 🙏

@TennisAdvocate

Жыл бұрын

🙏💚

@JK-vc7ie

Жыл бұрын

Same here

LOL why is „not up“ not reviewable when seconds after they show a slowmo of it clearly being up? What a disgrace.

@prashant3668

Жыл бұрын

The sport needs a major upgrade

@jennym2276

Жыл бұрын

Can clearly review it. As we saw. It should be reviewable. Saba was robbed.

Omg I'm in this video. I can see myself next to the Tennis Advocate logo in the black on the bottom left of the ball. I'm honored to be in one of these, this is my favorite entertainment channel 😀

I hate when players complain about a late challenge, when they hit the ball out. Like you should never win the point if you hit it out

🐐back at it once again

That doubles point was barely touching the inside of the white baseline, how is Sakkari saying it was like a 30cm out

5:13 ball was right on the line. Sakkari trying to cheat

@limetkovnik

6 ай бұрын

As usual...

8:28 that umpire has got really bad memory issues. she did this at wimbledon as well and nearly gave the point to the opponent.

I can't wait to see you post the Alison Riske video from AO

How is the umpire going to explain to Sakkari what SHE said and what she meant by saying that?😂😂 And even if we act like she did say "no" instead of "oh", she said it under her breath so there is no way it's more "hindering" then the screaming(which they consider grunting) some players do after their shots Hate how in tennis, players supposedly can't even play through the smallest inconveniences, whilst in other sports there isn't even such thing as "hinderance" ...

@timothycelona820

Жыл бұрын

I agree plus you can obvi tell she said oh there no n sound any where

@lobomalsano

Жыл бұрын

Also what she said was barely audible and dont think her opponent even heard that

@sorongvanl

8 ай бұрын

Umpire explains it poorly. There is a reason for that.

many mistakes can be corrected easily if only umpires have access to video segments right away. there should be a way for them to do that, like Sabalenka clearly did not have a double bounce. or that umpire who said "replay the point" against Siniakova and her partner when the return was clearly and visibly out from the video...

7:22 I think Penko has a gripe this time. That's such a late challenge

@myerklamb8529

Жыл бұрын

For sure, it definitely shouldn't have been allowed. Not a huge fan of Jelena but she's right here

Zhang is the same refferee in the Cibulkova case right? Still the same after the years 'i don't know where the ball landed' lol

Watching this on a tiny iphone even i could immediately see that was not a second bounce from Sabalenka

This Zhang referee cannot see with her eyes. She has the memory of Dory. She can't remember things that happened like 3 seconds ago.

Does Zhang still umpire? The continuous massive errors she makes are unbelievable.

@einarsd4

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Zhang is horrible umpire. She always have bad memory. I don't understand why WTA appoints umpires with such bad memory.

@gabrielametodieva8360

Жыл бұрын

She does. She one of my least favourite umpires too. She’s currently in Australia. I remember seeing her in the United Cup a couple of weeks ago, Maddison Keys complained about sweat on the floor I think from Swan and Zhang cleaned it herself lol. She was so extra too, did it a few times and always very thorough. I felt like she was trying to get a bonus point from the players because she’s probably make everyone angry at some point now

@lobomalsano

Жыл бұрын

She is as good as other asians driving skills lol

@Bekw148

10 ай бұрын

How about Cicak? she is incompetent too

poor sabalenka.

@tommysalami6301

Жыл бұрын

Legend for keeping track

That umpire zhang never knows where the ball went after the call.

You can always tell who's gonna be in these.

“i didn’t see that part” girl then what part did you see

4:05 I hear Sorribes Tormo in the background 🤣🤣🤣

How exactly was the chair umpire being "rude" to Sakkari?

@MisterReZ

Жыл бұрын

He hurt her feelings

@j-lynrose7161

Жыл бұрын

He’s so rude to Sakkara.

In regard to the Ostapenko/Krejcikova doubles match, I think even if you commit to your shot and wait for it to go out etc, who cares, if the prior ball was out, it should be your point. You have three challenges, you should be able to use them whenever you see fit. Hell, I'd be cool with players challenging a ball 10 shots prior cos if the opponents ball was out, then it should be their point. They shouldn't be required to keep a rally going if the opponent isn't using the space inside the court

@jennym2276

Жыл бұрын

But she wasn't sure and called the challenge only when she saw her shot was going out. I'm undecided on this one. I think it's a bit too late. However the ball was out, it should have been called by the linesperson. They had no business winning the point.

Ostapenko is always part of these :D

@allienaij6642

Жыл бұрын

lol. Before I click the video, I was also expecting to see her here already.

@Ivanatis

Жыл бұрын

@@allienaij6642 haha same here, hope your new year is going swell greetings from Germany!

Lol Sakkari is such a liar...

9:25 that umpire seems to always forget what happened. How is she still employed?

If Sakkari get hindrance for 3:31, then Sabalenka should get hindrance for every single point.

Does the ATP have the same problem as the MLB with firing bad umpires? i mean Zhang cant remember anything.

@purplecoffinman8510

Жыл бұрын

no, the ATP's drama is basically always related to players. Really says a lot tbh

Sakkari should watch this video....lol

7:50 how did a lob make an oval shaped mark haha

Krejcikova is True Queen here!

Wait a second ... Ostapenko was absolutely RIGHT for ONCE. What a terrible decision by the umpire. Actually, on this occasion she had every right to berate him WAY more than she did. That umpire Zhang, by the way, is useless. She is an embarrassment to the sport. When is the WTA finally going to protect the players, the fans and the integrity of the game of tennis by ending her sad "career"? Come on man ... and the icing on the cake was the OTHER umpire on Sabalenka's match. What was THAT??? Some of the worst umpires' decisions we've ever seen in the videos that the Tennis Advocate uploads. That was AWFUL

@alecplummer6539

Жыл бұрын

I think Krejcikova was right tho tbh. How are you supposed to challenge a ball that you already started to prepare for and therefor has to play because if Krejcikova was wrong it would’ve been point to Osta/Kichenok. She had to hit the ball and immediately challenged right after and she physically couldn’t have been any faster

@einarsd4

Жыл бұрын

@@alecplummer6539 That's not how that rule works. You can only challenge a point ending shot or any shot after which you stop the play. According to official tennis rules in this instance Krejcikova challenged bit too late. First you challenge the point and then you stop, but that must happen immediately after the line call. You can't make another shot. In this case Krejcikova's challenge was a hindrance.

@alecplummer6539

Жыл бұрын

@@einarsd4 how is it a hinderance when Krejcikova hit the ball out. It’s hard to stop the point when your three or 4 ft behind the baseline hitting a topspin backhand lob. Also in Guadalajara they have electronic line calling so Krejcikova had to wait a little bit to challenge

@einarsd4

Жыл бұрын

@@alecplummer6539 You must immediately stop the play to challenge the call. You can't wait and then challenge. Call happens immediately after the ball bounces and that's when challenge should be made. Krejcikova in this instance was bit too late. You must end the point immediately after the ball bounced at least once. You can't make one more shot and before the ball even bounced once challenge the call.

The first two were with Russo and he seemed wrong to me on both. Maybe he saw the service fault clearly on the Garcia one but calling hindrance in Sikkari match was nuts. You could hardly hear it, doubt it effected Rus.

Umpires are really changing the game

Love the content, thanks! But I hate to say it (since 95% of your content will disappear lol) but any 250, 500, 1000 series ATP/WTA event needs to spend the money and be rid the lines people. It's just silly now the technology isn't mandatory and used professionally at these tournaments. Maybe I'm being too optimistic. The balls are coming in too fast for the human eye to see and umpire arguments are a waste of time. Just my 2 cents.

08:28 is always the same with this umpire (Zhang), hate to see her in these videos every time hahaha

Sakkari very often in drama...

these procedural aspects to modern tennis over when you can call and the right outcome after an overturn are really painful and no way are an improvement. Good for content though!

7:51 I mean, Ostapenko was in the right here, challenge was super late and made when Krejcikova saw that she is clearly missing her shot

Caro’s serve was definitely in…complete bullshit. And she had no recourse

Umpire Zhang always stuffs up. She should be on janitor duties.

when did Sakkari become so...petulant and terminally wrong

Pour some water on that glitch

Sakkari is stressful

Sakkari shouldn´t work as a line upmire. I think, she is not able to make good calls, cause every time she complains, it looks like the umpires are right and she just need to get glasses.

1:45 "oh" or "no" - still hindrance 🤷🏿‍♂️

@caseygreyson4178

Жыл бұрын

No, not really

@deucey222

Жыл бұрын

agree that the word itself doesn't make a difference, but this was not hindrance, it was barely even audible

@jameshampton5659

Жыл бұрын

I mean it’s barely hindrance

Sakkari is quite annoying in this one. Always discussing even though she's wrong. Edit: Also, and what is much more important, those umpires are really bad!!!

Some of these officials calls are just a disgrace. Why is it that we, as spectators, can see replays, even when we're thousands of miles away, and we can see exactly what happened, yet the officials who are right there cannot, or will not, use replay technology to see what happened??? And then, after the refuse to use technology, the mistakes that they make cannot be corrected, robbing players who are fighting for the win. In tennis, a single point can make a huge difference. These mistakes are just unacceptable.

@sorongvanl

8 ай бұрын

Umpires can not just 'use the technology', like, by watching a screen in the stadium.

@bigrobsydney

8 ай бұрын

@@sorongvanl You have missed the point. I'm not asking if they will use the technology just like any other spectator (although, yes, why cant they?). But I am actually asking why, when the technology IS available, why haven't the officials found a way to incorporate the technology that clearly IS available, into their procedures?

@sorongvanl

8 ай бұрын

@@bigrobsydney I didn't miss the point. You were referring to umpires and line judges officiating tennis matches. Then you use 'refusing to use technology' and 'will not use replay technology'. You act as if these people can just decide to officiate in a different way. They can't.

@bigrobsydney

8 ай бұрын

@@sorongvanl yes, you did miss the point, because I said the officials CANNOT. My question is, when the technology clearly IS available, why has this situation arisen. It is laughable that spectators thousands of miles away can see replay after replay yet someone right there at the epicenter cannot, and, worse still, they are the people (the officials) who could MOST benefit from using it, as opposed to some random nobody's thousands of miles away.

@sorongvanl

8 ай бұрын

@@bigrobsydney You are being very dishonest here: '... or will not' is what you said (which implies they have a choice) and then you used the phrase 'refusing to use technology', which implies the same. You have no clue.

Sakkari and that umpire must have dated OR she turned down his advances and he held it against her ever since OR he has a grudge...

Garcia got so robbed

50% of arguments in this channel are so avoidable. Is so easy to determine if the line umpires call disrupted a players shot, just hear again the point the same way you see it again with the hawkeye. I cant believe they have not solved this issue yet.

@Karjakin_

Жыл бұрын

Also, in the doble-bounce cases, why cant the players use hawkeye? The only explanation is that Tennis Organizations wants to have some drama.

sakkari def got robbed on the clay court

The Maria Sakkara show. Jelena Who???

Leave Zachary Quinto alone

What on earth is Sakkari talking about??? "You were against me since i was little"??? That's paranoid for goodness' sake ... And why is "no" a hindrance, but "oh" NOT a hindrance in her mind??? What's the difference? And of course, the classic line of spoiled players towards umpires : "don't talk to me anymore" ... when THEY are the ones that have started the dialogue. There's something wrong with her. She used to be nice and polite. Her personality has changed for the worse. There's something dark about her ... and it has been going on for too long by now to excuse it as being a passing thing

@einarsd4

Жыл бұрын

Sakkari was correct. And terrible umpires made her like that. It's the same how it was with Williams sisters. Umpires have so many times made bad calls against her that she can't stand it anymore. One instance is when she played against Sabalenka two years ago and Thomas Sweeney robbed a point from her in first set tiebreak causing her to lose the first set to Sabalenka.

@petroskatsilieris1897

Жыл бұрын

@@einarsd4 Whether Sakkari was correct or not is not REALLY the point i'm making. Her behaviour HAS changed for the worse, her mood dark and suspicious, as even you admit. The difference is you justify it, because umpires have made bad calls against her. Which the worst possible attitude - for her AND for you as a fan. Guess what? ALL the players will have bad calls go against them at times in their career. It's GOING to happen. That doesn't give them the right to become horrible people and abusive towards the umpires when it happens. That CANNOT be acceptable. Sports don't work that way, life doesn't work that way. And imagine for a minute if EVERY player reacted badly when he or she was wronged. It would ruin the game - for everybody. I'm appalled by your argument. And don't even try to tell me that umpires (all of them? Some of them that collude to do so?) have it in for Sakkari or had it in for Serena and they are being unfair to them consciously and because they want and choose to do so. That is some conspiracy theory NONSENSE.

@einarsd4

Жыл бұрын

@@petroskatsilieris1897 Stop proving how clueless about sports and life you are. So umpires are allowed to be arrogant and stealing points from tennis players and tennis players can't scold those umpires for it. You simply are angry, because I made valid point. You don't have any point in this argument at all. No tennis player is emotionless robot. Before you again write your bs, try to live at least 1 year as professional tennis player and then come back. Only you won't be able to, because you will then realize how stupid you were.

@petroskatsilieris1897

Жыл бұрын

@@einarsd4 What makes you think you have the right to use that language to disparage me? Get out of here you bozo.

@jennym2276

Жыл бұрын

it wasnt a hindrance, that was a stupid call by the umpire.

Zhang, the worst umpire ever in WTA. She make the same mistake in others tournaments

Trevisan is one of the most annoying players. The way she screams after ever hit ball is the worst

zhang is a impressively bad umpire

Zhang is a completely incompetent umpire. She needs to be removed from the tour- way too many mistakes and misremembering things

zhang is the worst umpire ever

tsitsipas and sakkari would be a good couple smh. always complaining.

Jenny Zhang is so messy. She's gotta be let go - such incompetence.

Sakkari is just a ridiculous person on the tennis court and a cheater as well. And i'm talking about many situations not only this one here.

Is Sakkari's umpire Spanish? If so, they can be the most rude argumentative people ever. Hate them lol. But she did say no, ever so slightly though. I wonder if Rus heard it. That ball did look out. Even Rus stopped

@MrTeogaga

Жыл бұрын

I am pretty sure he's Italian. They were playing in Parma and he sounded like a Native speaker when he called the score in italian

J.Zhang should quit...

Zhang always forgot point. A cheater umpire.

Sakkari is just beyond awful!

@fattonydavito7771

Жыл бұрын

You too.

sakkari is starting to become one of my least favorite players. always complains when she is in the wrong and always sour after she loses

i would have enjoyed this more after the major when no tennis is on

@onyx081

Жыл бұрын

No one is forcing you to watch it now

please ladies, learn good english so that you can tackle the umpire

umpires making 2-3 mistakes per match . they're human only . the ladies shouldn't be so fussy about it geez .

@caseygreyson4178

Жыл бұрын

2-3 mistakes per match is quite a lot. It should be 1 MAX.

@stefanmeidlinger2311

Жыл бұрын

@@caseygreyson4178 Shouldnt there be 0 max?

@einarsd4

Жыл бұрын

@@caseygreyson4178 True. They shouldn't make mistakes at all, because from their decisions in line calls depends every tennis player's life.

@piper998877

Жыл бұрын

In certain cases, those bad decisions can cost players 10s of thousands of dollars. Not just with the prize money they make from getting to the next round, but some of their sponsor contracts require them to make certain stages in tournaments to continued to be sponsored or to get a bonus.

@sbcdu92i

Жыл бұрын

Players are human only and compete at a highly stressful level. Give them a break too, players get frustrated in every sport the same way you might do at your job when someones fucks up

Who's allowing female players to be so agrresive against male umpires??? In football if you argue like that is a clear yellow card. Why is WTA tolerating such behavior?

Thomas Sweeney is one of the most terrible and one of the most incompetent umpires of the history of tennis. I still remember how he almost robbed the win from Giorgi in her match against Bolsova - Zadionova with series of incorrect decisions in line calls and incorrect code violations.

Thomas Sweeney once more proved how incompetent and stupid umpire he truly is. Jelena Ostapenko was absolutely correct. Krejcikova first hit the ball and then challenged. You can't challenge after you hit the ball. Either you challenge the ball immediately after ball hit the ground after opponent's shot or immediately after the ball hit the ground after your own shot. In this case Krejcikova was too late to challenge the call.

@RobRossiFan

Жыл бұрын

she called for challenge before her ball landed, even before it was clear for her was is wide or not. CU is right

@einarsd4

Жыл бұрын

@@RobRossiFan Nope. You can't challenge then. That's not how challenge even works, you delusional loser. You can't challenge the call before the ball bounced even once. You can only challenge the ball if the ball bounced once either after your shot or your opponent's shot. Krejcikova challenged the call before her shot even bounced once. Chair Umpire is wrong.

@einarsd4

Жыл бұрын

@@RobRossiFan To be more precise you can't return the ball and then challenge. You must challenge the call immediately after 1st bounce.

@einarsd4

Жыл бұрын

@@RobRossiFan In addition, loser, you can only challenge the last shot. In this instance Krejcikova's shot was the last one and not Ostapenko's, you dimwit, which means that Krejcikova was like Ostapenko said too late to challenge that call. Since she returned it, Ostapenko's shot (wide) became 2nd last and unchallengeable according to tennis rules. Chair Umpire was wrong.

@dennisvillaflor3359

Жыл бұрын

@@einarsd4lol thats not the rule, you are allowed to hit the ball before you challenge. what are you talking about. you are creating your own rules.

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