Wimbledon 2019

As I close my eyes and drift away to a land where there is love, health, peace and blessings. I wanted to take the time to think and reflect.

     In sports tennis is the only sport where 0 = love. So we can say that even when someone is closer to 0, one is simply more closer to love. But the fact of the sport at the competitive level is the purpose to win. One desires to win points. Here we could also say that to win, or the attempt to win is also equated to love; one is pursuing their passion and attempting to achieve a goal. This is what I thought about when I was reflecting upon this years Wimbledon tournament. 

  I found that there was some upsetting and unsettling with the Wimbledon rankings or seeding.  Especially pointing directly to Spanish tennis athlete, Rafael Nadal. This did gain media attention and also a response from Nadal himself. But this was also followed by discrepancies to T. V. cable airing of Wimbledon Tennis matches. All matches were not aired - only some. This was interesting as, when there is a tournament of any kind, the whole tournament is aired, or not at all. We can take examples of the olympics, or the recent FIFA women's World Cup. Where each match was aired, regardless of which team was playing. 

     The discrepancy of media airing made me realize how media will sway public attention and focus. This is why as much as I enjoy watching tennis, I decided not to watch the mens / women's finals matches that were aired. Particularly connecting to a direct bias towards the Spanish athlete Nadal. My thoughts reveal that discriminatory practices are not just presented to someone who is categorized as black or a person of color, this can happen to anyone, but often looked over because there are no organized movements such as Spanish / Latino / Hispanic lives matter and so on. Or because most people always think that you have to categorized as "black" to be a recipient of racism, prejudices, bias, or stereotypical attitudes. We could even think further and wonder how minorities themselves seek to care for certain minorities over others. 

    To win / loose in fairness is something that we should all accept, but to understand that there are systemic issues of prejudice and bias within the sport itself is another. 

Further Reading:
​BBC Sport | Wimbledon 2019 seedings: Rafael Nadal is third behind Roger Federer & Novak Djokovic

My thoughts to share with love & kindness! :)

Notes: These thoughts were originally hand-written on July 28th, 2019.
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