A View From The Chair - Enric Molina On Carlos Ramos vs. Serena Williams; USTA/WTA Reaction; What Should Have Happened
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2018
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Enric Molina has umpired four Grand Slam singles finals, four Davis Cup finals and two Olympic finals.
So what when through his mind when he saw the events of the weekend at the US Open, with former colleague Carlos Ramos warning Serena Williams three times, docking her a point and then a game, and the subsequent reactions from former players and governing bodies?
Molina joins David Law on The Tennis Podcast to give his view on the decisions taken by Ramos, whether anything could have been done differently, and what should, in his view, have happened afterwards.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Andy Murray and you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | So the US Open has come to an end, Catherine Whitaker and myself David Lawre and our back in the UK jet lagged, |
| 0:21.0 | napping every 10 minutes. |
| 0:23.0 | But still keeping a very close eye on tennis as the Davis Cup weekend is about to take place |
| 0:29.0 | and Carlos Ramos, who we've been talking about so much, is about to umpire United States against Croatia |
| 0:36.0 | over the weekend, quite extraordinary set of circumstances, really quite ironic. |
| 0:41.0 | And he was spotted today in conversation with Katrina Adams, who was so critical of him over the previous weekend. |
| 0:50.0 | And so I've taken the opportunity and been lucky enough to speak to Enric Melina today, former chair umpire. |
| 0:58.0 | He umpired the 2005 Men's US Open final between Roger Federer and Andre Agassi, the 2008 Australian Open Women's Final between Maria Schaupova and Anna Ivanovich. |
| 1:11.0 | Also the 2010 Australian Open Men's singles final, Roger Federer against Andy Murray. |
| 1:17.0 | And also the 2012 Wimbledon Men's singles final between Murray and Federer. |
| 1:23.0 | So great experience Enric has had. |
| 1:26.0 | Also four Davis Cup finals, a couple of Olympic finals. |
| 1:30.0 | He was professional between 1997 and 2014. |
| 1:35.0 | He was the head of officiating at the ITF for three years. |
| 1:38.0 | So really, who better to speak to about the situation that Carlos Ramos found himself in, the measures he took, |
| 1:46.0 | whether he has a chair umpire himself agrees with them. |
| 1:50.0 | These are all the questions that I wanted to ask. |
| 1:52.0 | So I was happy enough to be able to speak to Enric on the tennis podcast, which is brought to you in association with the telegraph. |
| 1:59.0 | And with Amazon Prime Video UK, who brought you the US Open and will be bringing you the Lover Cup over the weekend of 21st to the 23rd of September. |
| 2:09.0 | They've got global streaming rights. |
| 2:11.0 | 200 countries will have access to the Lover Cup on Amazon Prime Video. |
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