Four months have elapsed since Serena Williams lost her cool at the US Open final. In that time, just about everyone with a passing interest in tennis, race or gender has passed judgment on Williams' behaviour that night.
In the aftermath of Williams' latest grand-slam exit - at the Australian Open to Karolina Pliskova - there can surely be no argument. Forget the forehands and backhands, Williams displayed a level of sportsmanship rarely seen in elite-level competition.
Leading 5-1 and up match point at 40-30 on her own serve, Williams turned her ankle. She managed to finish the match, but didn't win another game or even a further point on her own serve. That's Serena Williams, the greatest server of all time, broken to love twice in succession. The likelihood of that happening in normal circumstances is similar to Lionel Messi going a season without scoring.
Williams could barely serve, but she soldiered on and refused to call the trainer. After the match she dismissed the idea that the injury was a factor in her defeat. Williams then spoke at length about how well her opponent had played and Williams didn't want to make it about herself. It was genuine sportsmanship.
Sportspeople are often fawningly described as displaying "nice touches" and "classy gestures" - invariably at moments where they have just won or are winning. Take Williams herself earlier on in the tournament when she consoled a tearful Dayana Yastremska at the net having just handed out a 6-2 6-1 beatdown. Was this really amazing sportsmanship? Or was it not more common decency? There are surely very few people who having just secured a thumping victory wouldn't show kindness to a vastly inferior opponent.
Graciousness in defeat is much more elusive. Just ask Williams' male GOAT counterpart Roger Federer. Often hailed as a beacon of sportsmanship, Federer - understandably - finds it far more difficult to be generous when he has just been beaten.
Even the most ordinarily sporting individuals can lose their sense of perspective in defeat. This should hardly come as a surprise given that we are talking about manically driven, high-achieving individuals reacting to occasions charged with levels of emotion and pressure beyond comprehension.
That is why moments of genuine sporting behaviour are rare. Williams gave us some...