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Adams, in her comments to ESPN the day after the match, also complained of a double standard, though she was more measured in an interview with CBS on Tuesday.
"In the end, Serena could have handled the problem a little differently," Adams said. "She is passionate and she spoke. And I think for Ramos, he was a little defensive at that time and was fed up, instead of saying, "O.K., get back to our business."
Such criticism of the chair umpire of governing bodies is very unusual.
"What makes me sad is that these two governing bodies question the work of the official and they do not support Carlos nor officiate in general," said Enric Molina, former chair referee and Chief Referees of the Institute. who is now an agent. "I think their ultimate responsibility is to defend what's good for the sport, and the refereeing has a number of good values in our sport: fairness, equality, fair play, respect, etc.
"It's a great opportunity for them to showcase these values and send the right message to the fans. I work with the players and admire Serena for being such a great champion and model in so many ways, but this time she did not quite understand. And this is not a problem. it makes her more human.
Williams was subsequently fined $ 17,000 by the tournament for all three offenses and the I.T.F. issued a statement expressing support for the three Ramos judgments and defending its "professionalism and integrity". But this statement was only published Monday, nearly 48 hours after the end of the match, because the officials were working on the wording.
The delay did not please many referees, and the Times of London indicated that they were considering, among several options, refusing to officiate at Williams' matches until she apologized to Ramos. There has also been talk of the possibility of a referee union and a referee spokesperson at major tournaments when conflict or confusion occurs – "as in other sports, explain the rules and the decisions".
Molina and other former referees, however, said Wednesday that a boycott of Williams' matches was highly unlikely.
"I would put hand in hand to say that this does not come from professional referees," said Felix Torralba, a former gold chair referee for the WTA Tour from Spain. "It could be a comment in a room of people related to formalization, but not people working on the tour, who are international officials. I doubt that. I talked to colleagues. I do not believe it.
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