Posted on 09/12/2009 8:06:58 PM PDT by traumer
Kim Clijsters Advances to Finals Over Serena Williams Williams looks a little somber as she begins her serve, then slaps a backhand into the net. Then she hits an ace. Balance returning. She’s got to keep the ball in play here and doesn’t, hitting another backhand into the net. Clijsters is two points from the match and the finals. She’s got to keep that out of her mind.
Williams goes up the T but misses, then foot faults. Scolding the lineswoman may help her get back her strength, but she’s down match point. Boos may also drive her back into the game. Brian Earley, the tournament manager, appears. An argument ensues. Williams is given a warning, which costs her a point. The match is over. Williams is heard to say: “I didn’t say I would kill you.” An argument on match point. Suddenly, Williams walks to the other side of the net and shakes Clijsters hand. It’s over. Has she defaulted? The lineswoman retreats to the exit. N
(Excerpt) Read more at straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com ...
Well, I believe Yael T. Abouhalkah, who wrote that column, could have left the “reportedly” out of his phrase “reportedly yelled obscenities”.
It’s one thing to argue, whine about a call, but to take a ball, with your racquet, yelling at the lineswoman, saying you going to take the F’ing ball and shove it down her F’ing throat....now that’s a big difference; and it was her use of profanity—the obsenities she used—a string of them...that got her the point penalty (combined with her earlier smashing of a racquet). Game over man!
Yeah, it’s only where the ball lands. Which apparently was about to be up the line judge’s ^$#!
How long for 0bama to declare that the judge acted stupidly?
I’ll bet the NY Post will be juicy!
ESPN quotes Serena as saying:
“If I could, I would take this ... ball and shove it down your ... throat and kill you,”
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Hmmm, could be right. But they can challenge service calls, and a foot fault is the outcome of a serve.
“Well, I believe Yael T. Abouhalkah, who wrote that column, could have left the “reportedly” out of his phrase “reportedly yelled obscenities”.”
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No. He just couldn’t have.
Not if he tried his very, very hardest.
Might hurt a little, but hardly a life-threatening prospect. What's the big deal?
I hope she gets sued for that.
Serena Williams screams to Line judge “I would kill you” and later on goes away [HQ] US OPEN Kim Clijsters Semi-Finals Women
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13xx50-ES2A
I didn’t even know this was being played tonight I thought it was rained out. When I flipped over to CBS during football timeouts CBS was running commercials so I was surprised when I heard they played. Sounds like Serena went psycho to say the least. I’m sure the race warlords will chime in tomorrow as soon as they get the memo.
Will the Beloved Leader accuse the tournament director of racism, and then invite them to the White House for a beer?
LOL! Obama: “I think the judges acted stupidly.”
Nothing bizarre. The rules of tennis got applied, and Serena quite properly lost.
I’m still waiting for the rules (constitution) of the USA to be applied, so the NY Slimes can write “In a bizarre ending to his Presidency, Barack Obama was arrested and removed from the White House ...”.
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