Actually, I think your real point was to change the subject because you don't want to address how you're justifying Nick's gamesmanship, while at the same time being the person who can't let go of a MTO that Nadal took in 2010.
Stalling play and being a distraction to your opponent is and that's what Nick spent a lot of time doing during that match. Which you argued wasn't gamesmanship because Nick wasn't doing it on purpose, as in he can't help himself. Well, then, if that were true, it wouldn't have mattered who the ump was.
Murphy didn't give him a time violation until very late in the match, well into his ranting. NK was complaining that he was calling the scores too quickly from early on, something that, as you mention, shouldn't be a problem for Nick, as he plays quickly, anyway. As I mentioned above, Murphy actually stopped the clock to allow Nick extra time to rant, rather than let things escalate. Also, Nick asked for a toilet break towards the end of the set, something that you would certainly have complained about if it were Nadal, for example, because it wasn't at the end of the set. Murphy told him there wasn't enough time, so Nick left the court anyway and smashed 2 racquets. He got fined for leaving the court without permission. Many here and the commies said he should have been docked a game. I don't see why he wasn't defaulted for leaving. In any case, I'm sure you didn't see the match and just keep railing about what you think happened.
I know where you stand on how Nick behaved in that match. You just got in between Front and me, so I was giving you a hard time.
One thing I read in the Guardian was that Kyrgios had a "history" with Fergus Murphy (no idea what it is) so perhaps with someone else Nick might not have started in the first place. That being what it is, I still say that no one can guess how a different umpire might have handled Nick in that match, but we all watching live thought that Murphy was doing a very good job remaining calm and trying to keep the situation from getting any more out of hand than it was. (The kind of restraint that, IMO, Carlos Ramos should have shown in the USO women's final last year. There was a lot of discussion in the media after that final as to the notion that men get a lot more leeway from umps for bad behavior on-court, and I think this is an example of that. Especially given the relative importance of each of the two matches.)
Nadal ONCE asked for a break from Bernardes. I was actually wondering today if the ATP would have Nick and Murphy take a break from each other. Perhaps even Nick would ask for it, and it might be granted, so you don't know that he doesn't have that "luxury." Fergus Murphy is a Gold Badge umpire, so you can't see he's not the same standard as the best. I don't see why you think he's a "clown" or what he did wrong, unless you're just taking Kyrios' word for it, which I don't think you should. As I said to Mrzz, The Guardian says the two have a "history," though I don't know what that refers to. Yes, Nick was complaining of a double-standard, which you do seem to agree with, but I think Mrzz made a good point here in that, when we're talking about judgement calls, such as in this case, when to call the score, i.e., to start the shot clock, the most you can expect is for fairness to both players within one match.
Are we in full disagreement? Do you not think that it's an example, and there are many others, of men getting a pass on bad behavior whereas the women get no tolerance at all? As I said above: when Nick walked off the court when he wasn't allowed by the umpire, yes, he got a pass. He should have been docked a game or defaulted. You're perfectly happy to say that Ramos followed the rules...but aren't you ignoring how unfair that is, if a man gets a pass for hectoring/disrespecting the umpire, when woman doesn't? Especially in a much more important match? You say it opens the door to subjectivity, but that's exactly what we're arguing...the subjective decisions by the umpire on those exact days. The man got a pass and the woman didn't. Umpires decisions are always going to be, at some point, subjective. What Fergus Murphy did was give Nick Kyrgios every opportunity to stay in that match, no matter how foul his behavior, in an effort to let that match play out. Like it or not, that was his approach. Carlos Ramos decided to go with letter of the law against Serena Williams, in the final of a Major, with no feeling for how it might escalate things, or sense of history, and he let it get out of hand. I don't excuse Serena for her behavior, completely, but when I look at how Ramos dealt with her, compared to how Murphy gentled Kyrgios, I do shake my head.
