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Furious Serena Williams dumped out of U.S. Open after she told an official: 'If I could, I'd ...
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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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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: chat; fword; roidrage; sports; tennis
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To: melstew
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posted on
09/13/2009 7:24:54 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Angry about where our country is going with the current regime at the helm.)
To: 9422WMR
142
posted on
09/13/2009 7:25:24 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Angry about where our country is going with the current regime at the helm.)
To: Chickensoup
I’m more into Venus than Serena.
143
posted on
09/13/2009 7:25:44 PM PDT
by
Free Vulcan
(Resident Obama: Not a President, not a Citizen, living here but from somewhere else...)
To: PGR88
144
posted on
09/13/2009 7:25:47 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Angry about where our country is going with the current regime at the helm.)
To: chadwimc
“...I dont know whether she actually said the words or not, but this is the first time I have ever seen her and she is a beautiful woman,...”
Make an appointment with your eye doctor.
I think she is beautiful, not white-beautiful, but black beautiful
145
posted on
09/13/2009 7:27:38 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Angry about where our country is going with the current regime at the helm.)
To: oh8eleven
Yeah, right. And you wonder why race relations are as bad as they are.
I dont wonder, I know...
146
posted on
09/13/2009 7:28:47 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Angry about where our country is going with the current regime at the helm.)
To: fr_freak
147
posted on
09/13/2009 7:31:18 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Angry about where our country is going with the current regime at the helm.)
To: shiva
148
posted on
09/13/2009 7:33:15 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Angry about where our country is going with the current regime at the helm.)
To: truthguy
And to the poster who called her a beautiful woman. Make an appointment with an optometrist.
I think she is very attractive, you have a limited viewpoint
149
posted on
09/13/2009 7:34:57 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Angry about where our country is going with the current regime at the helm.)
To: Free Vulcan
I dont know enough about either one of them to tell them apart. They seem to be attractive black women, this site treats black women like garbage at times. it is sickening
150
posted on
09/13/2009 7:37:34 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Angry about where our country is going with the current regime at the helm.)
To: Chickensoup
Uhhhh...and OJ was innocent?
151
posted on
09/13/2009 7:38:23 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
To: Pharmboy
Uhhhh...and OJ was innocent?
No and I have been here long enough that you should know that I dont pull a race card. But my experience which has been corroberated by Asians up thread, made me wonder.
152
posted on
09/13/2009 7:42:21 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Angry about where our country is going with the current regime at the helm.)
To: Chickensoup
This is the lovely Miss Venus.
153
posted on
09/13/2009 7:43:28 PM PDT
by
Free Vulcan
(Resident Obama: Not a President, not a Citizen, living here but from somewhere else...)
To: Free Vulcan
154
posted on
09/13/2009 7:57:39 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Angry about where our country is going with the current regime at the helm.)
To: Chickensoup
Your example of a negative experience with an Asian physician (via your daughter) and universalizing that was mind boggling, to say the least. I'm sure you are a nice and intelligent person, but you reinforce my belief that African Americans are THE most prejudiced people in this country.
Sorry, but while so many blacks revere MLK, they think and act more like Jesse Jackson and the Reverend Al. Pity.
155
posted on
09/13/2009 8:03:18 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
To: Pharmboy
except I am not black...I am white.
156
posted on
09/13/2009 8:07:17 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Angry about where our country is going with the current regime at the helm.)
To: Chickensoup
Asians often hate blacks, sometimes for good reasons. After watching a little female Asian MD degrade and hurt my black daughter purposefully, I am not sure what is going on.It doesn't matter...you obviously have the same deranged sensibility...and prejudice.
157
posted on
09/13/2009 8:19:59 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
To: Chickensoup
No I have extremely good taste. And I have a wide range of taste. Serena Williams isn't even close to beautiful and if you think so then this is just another sign of civilizational decline.
She's acted like an ass and shows NO CLASS.
I think you should change your name to Chicken- (something else).
158
posted on
09/13/2009 9:40:00 PM PDT
by
truthguy
(Good intentions are not enough!)
To: Chickensoup; truthguy
I think she is very attractive, you have a limited viewpointShe is attractive just like Odinga's wife.
159
posted on
09/13/2009 9:44:52 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(If you have a problem and If explosives are an option then explosives are THE answer.)
To: Chickensoup
You say this site treats black women like garbage. I'm on this site quite a bit and I cannot recall this. Give me some examples.
Condoleezza Rice was practically deified on this site on a regular basis.
Back up what you said.
160
posted on
09/13/2009 9:46:14 PM PDT
by
truthguy
(Good intentions are not enough!)
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