It must be true, Newsweak has it on the front cover!
I am totally surprised that they didn't run this photo with it, instead...
Posted on 09/13/2009 4:45:56 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Reporting from New York - Serena Williams will be fined $10,500 for behavior deemed "unsportsmanlike conduct," and also for racket abuse after her obscenity-filled and aggressive reaction to a critical foot fault called during her 6-4, 7-5 U.S. Open semifinal loss to Kim Clijsters on Saturday night.
There will also be further investigation of the incident according to a statement released by the U.S. Open, "The Grand Slam rule book also allows for an investigation to be conducted by the Grand Slam Committee Administrator to determine if the behavior of Ms. Williams warrants consideration as a Major Offence for which additional penalties can be imposed. This investigation has now begun."
Williams earned $350,000 for her singles semifinal finish.
After an unidentified lineswoman called a foot fault on a second serve which gave Williams a double fault and put her a point away from the loss, Williams approached the lineswoman, shook a tennis ball in the direction of the woman's face and threatened to shove the ball down the women's throat.
Because Williams had already received a warning after breaking her racket at the end of the first set, her actions in confronting the lineswoman resulted in another code violation and a penalty point. That point was match point and gave Clijsters the win.
Through a public relations agency, Williams said Sunday, "Last night everyone could truly see the passion I have for my job. Now that I have had time to gain my composure I can see that while I don't agree with the unfair line call in the heat of battle I let my passion and emotion get the better of me and as a result handled the situation poorly."
Serena and her sister Venus will play the women's doubles final today,
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They were raised as Jehovah’s Witness and left the hood fairly early..like 8 or so
but their dad doesn’t mind race baiting....he has a history of it
maybe he freeps...can we ping the race card ping list?
Let me guess: the line judge acted “stupidly”.
Its been a racist week for female athletes of color! first Caster now Serena. The MAN is holding the girls down! /s
There was no apology to the referee and she should be charged criminally with threatening bodily harm!
she is disgusting!
You can tell a person’s character by how they treat people in a onedown position.
..yes, thank you Mary Carillo - while every other CBS sportscaster was tip-toeing around this ugly incident, Mary spoke up and said what needed to be said. She said it was ugly, uncalled for, and a blight on womens tennis if they don't come up with a bigger penalty - i.e. suspension.
“Confronting the ballgirl” —I like that. She said she’d KILL her..!
Other than “are you serious?”-I couldn’t hear a word.
why would they let her play?
Oh, yeah, its all about the money. sportsmanship and role models be dammmmmed.
“The female commentator (Mary Carillo?) made interesting comments during the Federer match. Very critical of tennis for not suspending her.”
Wait - Mary Carillo is a female??
First off their loud mouthed Racist Father.
Caster is a man I think...if he did not have a pee pee they would have allowed physical inspection you’d reckon..
I miss the old days when McEnroe and Connors were in charge of the courts. Tennis has become the ultimate in PC sports.
You guys can hack on Williams all you want, but she had nothing but class for her opponent after losing the match.
So what does that have to do with Serena’s outburst?
Good. I didn’t see Mary Carillo’s remarks, but I saw Serena flip out and it was ugly. Once upon a time, back in my lost youth, basketball used to be considered a kind of nice, agressive, masculine but disciplined sport...and then somehow brutish behavior, threats and superstar thuggitude overtook it.
I hope this doesn’t happen to tennis.
I saw a direct quote from a German woman who was there.
Serena did not say she was going to kill her.
She said, If I {unintelligible}, I would shove this ball down your f***ing throat.
Hey, it’s Pro sports. Tell me the name of a pro that hasn’t momentarily lost it?
Is that not the most bizarre cover ever...
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