Mattek-Sands refuses to shake hand of chair umpire at Wimbledon

Bethanie Mattek-Sands walked off the court following her first-round loss at Wimbledon without shaking the hand of the chair umpire.

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[divineaglaia]

@templars83 i don't think this is at all a reflection on "American class." I think it's a reflection on the class of Mattek-Sands. Making a blanket statement like that is a reflection of your ignorance.

[templars83]

Here is your symbol of American class and current Tennis standing. Notice she wears the white sleeve on one arm to hide her fully tattooed arm. If the woman spent more time on her game, and less on trying to get silly attention for her wacky outfits, perhaps she would get past the 1st round. Her Eyeblack makes her look like a thoroughly lost ass clown.

[urcritic]

@hattrickster33 Like I said, "Not all American tennis players are bad". I just ran out of space before I could find one that wasn't. And I'm sure I could list some bad ones from other countries too. It's just that when I started thinking back about controversial players, I realized all the ones I could remember happened to be American.

[hattrickster33]

@urcritic Isner? Harrison? Fish?

[urcritic]

Hey! Not all American tennis players are bad! For example Serena Williams - oh, she was disqualified 2009 US Open for threatening line judge. What about Venus Williams... oh, she withdrew from 2001 Indian Wells semi against Serena, 4 mins before match. But who can forget Andy Roddick... umm no, he bitches and moans at umpire almost every match. Ok, how about John McEnroe - ha ha, self explanatory. Jeff Tarango (walked off court Wimbeldon 1995). If only I had more space left I'm sure I could f...

[5000futuristic]

Chill with this shit guys, not every person in America is "BAD" Most of us are nice people, we are all human beings...

[kamyueloh]

@annoythefish look up the statistics before you r\print such blatantly racist BS

[annoythefish]

@divineaglaia It's ok, dem yurop peeps have an unhealthy obsession with nitpicking any negative behavior, and like pointing out that some of us are over weight, even though Britain is the most over weight country in the world, let alone Europe.

[seinfan9]

I didn't know you had to shake hands with the umpire? That Mattek-Sands character must be racist, bigoted, and a homophobe.

[richardhawke]

@itsjonkuo Please don't make the US look back by telling other countries to go fuck themselves, at least I hope you're only pretending to be American.

[itsjonkuo]

@templars83 American class? you have no class for labeling an entire country with your pretentious perspective. Fuck your country.