Posted on 09/13/2009 3:38:59 PM PDT by traumer
This was the dramatic moment when Serena Williams screamed her way out of the U.S. Open.
TV viewers around the world saw the irate Wimbledon champion launch a threatening, profanity-laced tirade at a female line judge after being called for a foot fault.
'If I could, I would take this f****** ball and shove it down your f****** throat,' she reportedly said.
The diminutive lineswoman reported her words to the umpire, who called in the tournament referee at Flushing Meadows in New York.
With the crowd booing, Miss Williams could be heard on the court microphone pleading with the lineswoman, saying: 'I didn't say I would kill you. Are you serious? I didn't say that.'
But her extraordinary outburst meant she was docked a point on match point, handing a semi-final victory to bemused Belgian opponent Kim Clijsters in one of the ugliest-ever endings to a major sports match.
Miss Williams had already received a warning for smashing a racquet, so the next sanction was a penalty point for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Not since John McEnroe was defaulted in the Australian Open in 1990 for swearing at the umpire has a top player made such an ignominious exit from such a high-profile match.
It happened when, with the 27-year-old American serving at 5-6 and 15-30 in the second set, she faulted on her first serve.
On her second serve, the line judge declared a foot fault, a call rarely, if ever, seen at that stage of a match.
That made the score 15-40, putting Miss Clijsters one point from a place in the final.
Miss Williams stormed over to the line judge, cursing and shaking her racquet, pointing at her and thrusting a ball in her face.
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I’m just glad it wasn’t a white person for a change!! LOL
Well let’s be clear, when I think of Asian, I think of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Vietnamese, but not necessarily Indian, so would I be correct?
Yes, Asians are typically considered orientals.
South Asians - Indians, Pakistanis, Arabs, Sri Lankans, Blagladeshis and a bunch of others are excluded.
However, we are all “Asians”. :-)
Thank God for Obama, Van Jones, Rev.Wright, Professor Gates, Louis Farrakhan and all those fellow black brothers and sisters in the trenches working to bring you white devils down. (Heavy Sarc)
How many professional tennis players in the past that you know of have threatened violence against one of the line judges. Can this line judge now ever call another game with Serena playing? Or for that matter, how about any line judge with Serena playing? They must be able to make their calls without feeling threatened or intimidated by the players when doing so, yes it's a big deal.
Bad call or not, that was a little over the top. A bit like McEnroe.
Gee, I wonder what the Brits call Black folks?
And Asians excel at math. (From what I heard)
I'm a fan. She's not 'model thin', and I think that's a plus (too many Barbie dolls out there...). Serena is generally very feminine off court and has a clothing line, she often appears on talk shows and events in dresses. She is, too, generally the more serene of the sisters. She must have been really pi$$ed about being behind...
Amen! My wife is from Shanghai. My adopted daughter faces discrimination fairly often. That discrimination comes from African Americans.
It is indeed different - only in usage and thinking.
When I filled out my university admissions form in 1991, I was called to check “Asian or Pacific Islander” for race. I obviously fell into this category.
So, officially, it still sems like Asians include all inhabitants of the Asian continent.
Let’s not generalize your ignorance to the perspective of others....
She be havin dat nobama acorn “we won” attitude.
I think she is very beautiful. She isn’t beautiful in a white-woman way, she is very beatiful in a black woman way. And she is way toned.
As for Asian racism against Blacks, it goes both ways.
not denying it.
wow look at those pictures of her... you think she is a hermaphrodite like that South African runner? Someone needs to do some extensive dna testing on her I think.
I think she looks great, she has the body of a female greek athlete from antiquity.
HuH? I am not following you.
Ok I just saw the little link.
Doesn’t look like anything special to me either. kinda chunky/butchy in my opinion, with the beginnings formation of “thunder thighs” going on
She is more muscular than you appreciate, I dont see her as Butch, but instead, powerfully built.
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