A very good morning and warm welcome. Im wilfred frost along with susan lee. Good morning susan. Sara is on assignment today on the other side of the world in taiwan. Sara, what have you got coming up for us this morning. Good morning, to you and good evening from taipei, wilfred. I miss you very much, but boy do i have a lot to share with you from this whirlwind trip. We followed steph curry if nba allstar from hong kong here to taipei. Hes here with a Business Mission to get star power up to sell sneakers in what is becoming the largest consume early market for the nba. More than 300 Million People playing basketball in that market alone. Weve got exclusive access to share with you from small courts where he played with fans of High School Teams here in taipei to the big stage in the Madison Square garden. Arena of 5,000 people watching him perform and retch a game of teenagers. He took about a million selfies with fans. He shared with us his vision for his brand at under armour and
everybody. so everybody can point fingers at the ref. but the players are responsible for their own behavior. good sportsmanship on the court. talk about the problem after you get off the court. that s something every player grams with. howie: this was unfair to naomi osaka. she was in tears. he ruined her moment, and he ruined serena s attempted comeback. last year she almost died from complications in childbirth. so do we agree on that point? sara susan: we agree on that point. a player was penalized for changing her shirt, and serena told she couldn t wear certain outfits. a lot of people, not just chris
people in the past. howie: a tweet from billy jean king. when a woman is emotional she is hysterical. but when a man is emotional he s outspoken. susan: that s not true. he was ejected from games. howie: the coach gave a signal from the stands that it s illegal. serena said she didn t see it. breaking the racket, he could have let that go. when she d called him a when she called him a thief, she didn t curse, but that s when he called it a game and he made it more about him than the players on the court. susan: the whole ending was so emotional. it was just a disappointment for
not going to let a woman talk to him that way. did he feel i am not going to let a woman wave a finger at me for a serious penalty i wouldn t have given to a male player. howie: . she said he abused his authority over a tone of voice. male players have sworn and yelled at the top of their lungs and were never penalized the way serena was. susan: she played a role in this. she smashed her racket. she waved a finger at the umpire. she appeared threatening. she has a habit of throwing tantrums and threatening line
her chance of coming back. he took the match away from both womens and left her in tears. serena said it was sexist. because i m a woman, you are going to take it away from me? howie: serena s meltdown was painful to watch. but the commentators whacking her should take a look at oh so sensitive umpire who allowed the situation to keep escalating. susan: he let it get out of control. he could have taken the insults the way has from other male players. same refs. this was a different standard. sally jenkins said the issue for her is she felt the umpire was