Holger Rune + his mommy + Patrick M

[Cry]

So today, 18 year old Holger Rune (whose name you might have seen a lot recently because he got like a half dozen wildcards into clay tournaments), was playing a Challenger and at one point yelled at his opponent, "ALLEZ, FAGGOT", with zero response from the chair umpire. People weren't real happy about this

Rune's "apology" on Instagram:

"I want to apologize for using some bad words to myself in the semifinal yesterday. I love diversity more than anyone I know and people that knows me, they no that! Sorry for not being as perfect as you all expect. Let's get wiser and better together"

His mom on Instagram: 

"How many of you remember when you were 18 years old? I am sure many of you guys out there did a lot of bad stuff when you were 18 and you were far from perfect. No body is perfect at 18 years old. Nobody in general is perfect!! Everyone can make mistakes. If you are a man you can apologize as Holger did if anyone felt offended by his words to himself in a match. Do NOT harass Holger for a wrong comment and who else out there trying to make news and gossip from a hardworking young man who had no intention of hurting anyone. You talk about respect for other human beings but you feel entitled to harass whenever you feel like it hiding behind fake profiles? That's unfortunately the world today. Please have some respect for the few young determined people in this world working their ass off and are learning every day. Don't support shit storms. Try instead to create yourselves. Look at you. What did you succeed in this month?"

Patrick Mouratoglou commenting on his mom's post: "very well said, Haneke. Ignore them" 

[Cry]

"Sorry for not being as perfect as you all expect" = "I'm not sorry at all"

"I love diversity more than anyone I know" - sounds like something Donald Trump has said a few times

I don't think I ever got mad at someone and called them a faggot when I was 18, just sayin'

Mom trying to make her kid look like the victim of some kind of bullying campaign 

Using his hard work and tennis skills as some kind of defense? As if that makes you immune from criticism

"That's unfortunately the world today" = the world is the problem, not my son = not my parenting 

"very well said" - was it though???

[Miss_Vee]

What the hell is she trying to say?  That he told himself that he is a “faggot?” after he had a won a point in a tennis match or something?  What kind of parents do we have out there?

This is why young kids today do not learn how to take responsibility for their own actions.  The umpire should have done something about right away.....if he knew what the word meant. Ugh!!  Watch him say and do much worse, and his Mommy will run interference for him every time. Patrick M?  He is an idiot!!

[Cry]

Honestly I don't know what's going on with the ATP. It feels like the men can literally do anything and the worst they get is an unsportsmanlike conduct warning or fine. Roger can bail on a slam. Rune can shout slurs in the middle of a match. Was the Dzhumur who threatened to beat up a chair umpire a couple months ago? Basiliashvili is literally in the middle of domestic abuse court case and his ex-wife has a restraining order and he's just playing like normal. Paire openly talking about how much he's NOT trying to play well. Pospisil freaking losing it on the chair umpire the day after he got in a fight with ATP bosses? 

The animals are running the zoo at this point

[Sekasi_ChangeIsComing]

The mom defending an 18 year old like she is defending a 5 year old saying words he heard others use. SMH.  Will keep an eye on that name.