"The View" co-hosts cover Serena-Thiem faux controversy

None other than the New York Times Magazine recently called ABC's The View "the most important political TV show in America." The program's co-hosts opted to weigh in on the supposed feud between Dominic Thiem and Serena Williams after the latter replaced the former in the pressroom after their matches.

Thiem had won handily and was previously in a good mood; Williams had been upset by her countrywoman Sofia Kenin. The world No. 4-ranked Austrian has since made his way to the quarterfinals.

Cue Whoopi Goldberg, offering that Thiem, already a veteran of the pro world, needed to step out: "The reason they [tournament organizers] did that is that they're not looking at you the same way they're looking at her."

To the credit of these talking heads perched at a daytime table, diversity of thought reigned in their midst.

"Show me a good loser, and I'll show you someone who loses too much," Sunny Hostin offered, folding her arms and smirking broadly.

Roger Federer's name entered The View conversation, with Hostin positing that, surprisingly, he had defended Thiem. "He should know better," Goldberg interjected.

In truth, Federer had quite gracefully spoken to the media, notably when asked and not of his own desire, about the virtues of both Thiem and Williams.

"I think there is, with all the players, always a way to go that, you know, the one who is still in the tournament gets priority," Federer said. "Now, there must have sure been a misunderstanding or maybe they should have kept Serena still in the locker room, not waiting here in the press center. I don't know exactly what happened. I understand Dominic's frustration."

He also noted that he didn't think Thiem was ultimately angry with Williams.

"I don't think he's mad at Serena or anybody," he said. "I just think it was an unfortunate situation that I thought was funny and we joked about it just before."

Thiem did speak to Eurosport later and suggest Williams was at fault. But on Monday, he cleared the air.

"I don't know if it was her mistake or if it was only the mistake of the officials, but I don't know if she saw me or if she saw that somebody's in the room. So if she would have seen me, then it would be nicer from her to wait," Thiem said. "But, I mean, it's also understandable, in a sort of way. She lost and everything. So I think it was a little bit mistake of her, mistake of the officials, but as I said, it's forgotten.

The fault falls largely on the tournament media organizers, and that is squarely where any measure of blame should lie.

"It was a funny thing," Thiem said. "Strange thing, which made a big round in all the social networks, but, well, now I don't put any attention on it anymore."

Even so, Goldberg wrapped up the group's vigorous chatter fittingly: "You know people looooove a story."

Indeed.

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