Classless Serena Williams meltdown

[Ehwmatt]

Well as some of you know I'm a huge tennis player/fan. I'm sure some of you SportsCenteraholics have seen this, but last night Serena was defaulted on match point after threatening a linesperson for calling her for a "foot fault:"

Dropping the f-word liberally, Williams said, "I swear to God I'm [expletive] going to take this [expletive] ball and shove it down your [expletive] throat, you hear that? I swear to God."

So, basically this classless idiot assaulted an umpire on national television, was defaulted out of the US Open semis for it, and then still goes on to give the most idiotic press conference she's ever given (that's no small feat, believe me). Along with refusing to credit her opponent in the least, she says this:

"I used to have a real temper, and I've gotten a lot better," Williams said in her postmatch news conference. "So I know you don't believe me, but I used to be worse. Yes, yes, indeed."

Asked if the line judge deserved an apology, Williams added: "An apology? From me? Well, how many people yell at linespeople? Players, athletes get frustrated. I don't know how many times I've seen that happen.

And still, it gets better. Good ol mom, Oracene Price, shows her true colors and plays the dual race card+black chip on the shoulder, a favorite among those select blacks who believe they can do no wrong (this is BEFORE the incident):

"We're used to it," Oracene Price told The Post yesterday from the players' lounge after watching her daughters advance to the women's doubles finals. "I always like to see the support, but we know we don't get it. So we don't expect it really. They won't recognize it until someone gets old or is dead, especially when they're black. It's true. Like Michael Jackson. They weren't playing him that much on the radio anymore until he died."

Gee Oracene, ever stopped to think you guys don't get support because you've displayed arrogance for the last 11 years since breaking through, and NOT because you're black?

It's 2009, we have a black president, blacks are fast becoming the majority, they are at the top of sports, politics, entertainment, music what have you, and yet we have some idiots still talking like it's 1959. I'm getting so sick and tired of certain black people continuing to play this card and for me, it's proof that racism will never be eliminated! Oracene is nothing but a racist. So are Serena and Richard Williams [the father]. They should all take a lesson from Venus, who is much classier and who generally knows what not to say. Face it, you were an idiot and you blackness doesn't have anything to do with it, other than you thinking it's an excuse.

As long as blacks like the Williamses, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson etc. are around, racism ain't goin anywhere - people like the latter two completely make their living off of it!

Links:

Serena's post-match interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0U6C8AUTRI

ESPN article: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis ... id=4468762

EDIT: Doesn't seem to be a good video to the actual incident yet on YT, I'm sure that's coming http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NadNKRiaGNQ

[StoneCold]

You can make out what she says here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vfmgP5D-1g

Another angle and I think includes followup interview.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm-Mj0vjJ_s

[strangegrey]

As long as blacks like the Williamses, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson etc. are around, racism ain't goin anywhere - people like the latter two completely make their living off of it!

Ding ding ding....we have a winner.

The pot stirrers NEED to have the run of the mill black in this country believing it still exists....so they can continue to have a drum to beat.


It's sad, it really is...because I wish the majority of blacks in this country would look towards another black in sports as a role model: Tiger Woods. Rarely, if ever, do you hear Tiger speak race. He settles scores with his clubs. Never blames anyone but himself for losing....and proves that race is a non-issue by dominating a sport with his skills.

[Rip Rokken]

So, basically this classless idiot assaulted an umpire on national television, was defaulted out of the US Open semis for it, and then still goes on to give the most idiotic press conference she's ever given (that's no small feat, believe me). Along with refusing to credit her opponent in the least, she says this:

"I used to have a real temper, and I've gotten a lot better," Williams said in her postmatch news conference. "So I know you don't believe me, but I used to be worse. Yes, yes, indeed."

Sportsmanship between pros seems to be on the decline for sure as our society gets ruder in general. Just read yesterday about Michael Jordan's poor attitude during his Hall of Fame induction speech, and it goes right along with this. Unreal...

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=a ... &type=lgns

[StoneCold]

Here she is threatening the lineswoman (little asian lineswoman).

[Jubilee]

Well as some of you know I'm a huge tennis player/fan. I'm sure some of you SportsCenteraholics have seen this, but last night Serena was defaulted on match point after threatening a linesperson for calling her for a "foot fault:"

Dropping the f-word liberally, Williams said, "I swear to God I'm [expletive] going to take this [expletive] ball and shove it down your [expletive] throat, you hear that? I swear to God."

So, basically this classless idiot assaulted an umpire on national television, was defaulted out of the US Open semis for it, and then still goes on to give the most idiotic press conference she's ever given (that's no small feat, believe me). Along with refusing to credit her opponent in the least, she says this:

"I used to have a real temper, and I've gotten a lot better," Williams said in her postmatch news conference. "So I know you don't believe me, but I used to be worse. Yes, yes, indeed."

Asked if the line judge deserved an apology, Williams added: "An apology? From me? Well, how many people yell at linespeople? Players, athletes get frustrated. I don't know how many times I've seen that happen.

And still, it gets better. Good ol mom, Oracene Price, shows her true colors and plays the dual race card+black chip on the shoulder, a favorite among those select blacks who believe they can do no wrong (this is BEFORE the incident):

"We're used to it," Oracene Price told The Post yesterday from the players' lounge after watching her daughters advance to the women's doubles finals. "I always like to see the support, but we know we don't get it. So we don't expect it really. They won't recognize it until someone gets old or is dead, especially when they're black. It's true. Like Michael Jackson. They weren't playing him that much on the radio anymore until he died."

Gee Oracene, ever stopped to think you guys don't get support because you've displayed arrogance for the last 11 years since breaking through, and NOT because you're black?

It's 2009, we have a black president, blacks are fast becoming the majority, they are at the top of sports, politics, entertainment, music what have you, and yet we have some idiots still talking like it's 1959. I'm getting so sick and tired of certain black people continuing to play this card and for me, it's proof that racism will never be eliminated! Oracene is nothing but a racist. So are Serena and Richard Williams [the father]. They should all take a lesson from Venus, who is much classier and who generally knows what not to say. Face it, you were an idiot and you blackness doesn't have anything to do with it, other than you thinking it's an excuse.

As long as blacks like the Williamses, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson etc. are around, racism ain't goin anywhere - people like the latter two completely make their living off of it!

Links:

Serena's post-match interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0U6C8AUTRI

ESPN article: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis ... id=4468762

EDIT: Doesn't seem to be a good video to the actual incident yet on YT, I'm sure that's coming http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NadNKRiaGNQ

Ummm...Matt? Talk about a meltdown? No doubt Serena's behaviour on the court was classless and idiotic and showed poor sportsmanship, but most of the rest of your post is utter poo. Serena is a racist? Source please. Blacks fast becoming the majority? Again, source please. I can agree that the Williams sisters parents have definitely said somethings that may have been better left unsaid, but you can't paint the sisters as racist just because you don't like something said by a family member. For heavens sake we'd all be in trouble if that were the standard. As far as I can tell, Serena hasn't "played the race card" in this matter.

Finally, in the clip you posted of the press conference Serena does indeed "credit her opponent". She complements her opponents play on at least two separate occasions during the press conference.

Just feeling a little grumpy today??

[Ehwmatt]

Ummm...Matt? Talk about a meltdown? No doubt Serena's behaviour on the court was classless and idiotic and showed poor sportsmanship, but most of the rest of your post is utter poo. Serena is a racist? Source please. Blacks fast becoming the majority? Again, source please. I can agree that the Williams sisters parents have definitely said somethings that may have been better left unsaid, but you can't paint the sisters as racist just because you don't like something said by a family member. For heavens sake we'd all be in trouble if that were the standard. As far as I can tell, Serena hasn't "played the race card" in this matter.

Finally, in the clip you posted of the press conference Serena does indeed "credit her opponent". She complements her opponents play on at least two separate occasions during the press conference.

Just feeling a little grumpy today??

Not much of a tennis fan are you? The Williams have played the race card before, go look up Williams sisters and the Indian Wells tournament from several years ago. Got too much to do to go ferreting for links right now. And yeah, Serena credits Clijsters... right after she finishes saying how bad she played and all that. Most players take the high road and just give credit. But hey, if you want to excuse repugnant behavior like this, that's your prerogative.

They are fining her $10,000 + $500 for the racquet abuse she committed at the end of the first set. She has over $25 million in career earnings, let alone endorsement money. That is a complete joke and even the commentators, Mary Carillo and John McEnroe (two former, very credible pros) said so. Any other sport, she woulda been suspended... instead she gets to go out and compete in the women's doubles final tomorrow and put her sister in a VERY uncomfortable position. Now, suspending her versus suspending a player from a team sport is a different matter, there are ticket holders and sponsors to consider, but what they oughta to do is have her forfeit her entire purse from the tournament to a charity or back to the United States Tennis Association [USTA].

Not grumpy at all, just calling a spade a spade. I'm sick of celebs getting a free pass.

[KDOUBLEU]

Ummm...Matt? Talk about a meltdown? No doubt Serena's behaviour on the court was classless and idiotic and showed poor sportsmanship, but most of the rest of your post is utter poo. Serena is a racist? Source please. Blacks fast becoming the majority? Again, source please. I can agree that the Williams sisters parents have definitely said somethings that may have been better left unsaid, but you can't paint the sisters as racist just because you don't like something said by a family member. For heavens sake we'd all be in trouble if that were the standard. As far as I can tell, Serena hasn't "played the race card" in this matter.

Finally, in the clip you posted of the press conference Serena does indeed "credit her opponent". She complements her opponents play on at least two separate occasions during the press conference.

Just feeling a little grumpy today??

Not much of a tennis fan are you? The Williams have played the race card before, go look up Williams sisters and the Indian Wells tournament from several years ago. Got too much to do to go ferreting for links right now. And yeah, Serena credits Clijsters... right after she finishes saying how bad she played and all that. Most players take the high road and just give credit. But hey, if you want to excuse repugnant behavior like this, that's your prerogative.

They are fining her $10,000 + $500 for the racquet abuse she committed at the end of the first set. She has over $25 million in career earnings, let alone endorsement money. That is a complete joke and even the commentators, Mary Carillo and John McEnroe (two former, very credible pros) said so. Any other sport, she woulda been suspended... instead she gets to go out and compete in the women's doubles final tomorrow and put her sister in a VERY uncomfortable position. Now, suspending her versus suspending a player from a team sport is a different matter, there are ticket holders and sponsors to consider, but what they oughta to do is have her forfeit her entire purse from the tournament to a charity or back to the United States Tennis Association [USTA].

Not grumpy at all, just calling a spade a spade. I'm sick of celebs getting a free pass.

+1

[StoneCold]

This clip has good picture and sound. 5:15 - 5:25 shows the racquet threats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-VxYvfw ... popt00us01

[yak]

Not much of a tennis fan are you? The Williams have played the race card before, go look up Williams sisters and the Indian Wells tournament from several years ago. Got too much to do to go ferreting for links right now. And yeah, Serena credits Clijsters... right after she finishes saying how bad she played and all that. Most players take the high road and just give credit. But hey, if you want to excuse repugnant behavior like this, that's your prerogative.

They are fining her $10,000 + $500 for the racquet abuse she committed at the end of the first set. She has over $25 million in career earnings, let alone endorsement money. That is a complete joke and even the commentators, Mary Carillo and John McEnroe (two former, very credible pros) said so. Any other sport, she woulda been suspended... instead she gets to go out and compete in the women's doubles final tomorrow and put her sister in a VERY uncomfortable position. Now, suspending her versus suspending a player from a team sport is a different matter, there are ticket holders and sponsors to consider, but what they oughta to do is have her forfeit her entire purse from the tournament to a charity or back to the United States Tennis Association [USTA].

Not grumpy at all, just calling a spade a spade. I'm sick of celebs getting a free pass.

+ 20

[texafana]

She's a thug. This proves it.

[alesson]

She didn't evolve..Charles Darwin was shamed

[Vladan]

That's Tennis

Yeah, I am a huge Tennis fan too, I love collecting rare matches. Gotta a pretty big collection too.

This is a much better ending



Congratulations Kim! and good luck to Roger Federer, I hope he wins his 16th Slam!.

[Ehwmatt]

That's Tennis

Yeah, I am a huge Tennis fan too, I love collecting rare matches. Gotta a pretty big collection too.

This is a much better ending



Congratulations Kim! and good luck to Roger Federer, I hope he wins his 16th Slam!.

That was awesome! What a cute kid. I second the Fed hopes. I think he's good to win it, he has the ability to make Del Po play uncomfortable shots in a way an (injured) Nadal doesn't. I want the history that is Roger Federer to keep rolling around. He's unreal.

[Vladan]

That was awesome! What a cute kid. I second the Fed hopes. I think he's good to win it, he has the ability to make Del Po play uncomfortable shots in a way an (injured) Nadal doesn't. I want the history that is Roger Federer to keep rolling around. He's unreal.

Totally man, I am happy for Kim too, though I really liked the 19 year old Caroline Wozniacki, what a little cutie she is, she has promise. Yeah I agree about the Fed v Potro match up, I can see Federer overwhelming the young Argentine, just like he did to Murray. But remember what Safin did to Sampras in 2000?, but Federer does seem more motivated lately, see the match with Djokovic? that was crazy. These new up and comers, really need to start making a mark, because it's all Federer or Nadal these days.

Federer is 4 sets. Maybe straights?... then again, maybe even an upset!

#EDIT, sorry mate, edited my post.

[Ehwmatt]

That was awesome! What a cute kid. I second the Fed hopes. I think he's good to win it, he has the ability to make Del Po play uncomfortable shots in a way an (injured) Nadal doesn't. I want the history that is Roger Federer to keep rolling around. He's unreal.

Totally man, I am happy for Kim too, though I really liked the 19 year old Caroline Wozniacki, what a little cutie she is, she has promise. Yeah I agree about the Fed v Potro match up, I can see Federer overwhelming the young Argentine, just like he did to Murray. But remember what Safin did to Sampras in 2000?, but federer does seem more motivated lately, see the match with Djokovic? that was crazy.

Federer is 4 sets. Maybe straights?... then again, maybe even an upset!

Watching Del Po spank Nadal yesterday was EXACTLY like watching Safin beat Sampras. Just a big guy hitting big and not missing, totally taking one of the game's greats out of his element and making him look like a beginner. Unreal display. But Federer just has another gear and a lot more variety to put the big man in uncomfortable positions to hit the ball, and let's face it, he doesn't seem to lose in slams to guys not named Nadal aside from that Djoker hiccup a couple years ago at the AO. I'm calling Federer, 7-6, 6-3, 7-5. Only way Fed loses is if he returns miserably. Del Po has been serving huge.

Wozniacki is great... real hot and even classier. Serena should take a lesson from someone nearly a decade her junior.

[YoungJRNY]

Serena Williams is just experiencing something known as "Roid Rage" Christ did you see the chick? She's built like Lorenzo fucking Neal. What garbage. A true competitor with respect to their game or the players before them never handle themselves like that, esp on Television & in a sport like Tennis where it's respect adequate. This is not the player to role model after, she takes her arrogance to a whole new level.This is the kind of behavior that gives sports a bad rap. Terrible representation.

Lorenzo Neal



Serena Williams




That ASS though is hypnotizing. Each cheek is literally larger than my head. That would be fun.

[StoneCold]

No doubt she was angry, but she took long enough to react that I suspect it was also a ploy to get herself disqualified rather take the inevitable loss.

Better to burn out than fade away? She steals Kim's win and gets more publicity.

[Ehwmatt]

No doubt she was angry, but she took long enough to react that I suspect it was also a ploy to get herself disqualified rather take the inevitable loss.

Better to burn out than fade away? She steals Kim's win and gets more publicity.

I do believe she was angry and was acting in the heat of the moment, but that also doesn't mitigate it.

I played as a junior at the national level where there are also umpires, as well as collegiately, and I was a pretty big hothead up until the time I was 19 or so. I've gotten a few point penalties in my day. But never, ever on my worst days did I ever disrespect an ump or my opponent like she did. I'd get myself in trouble for slammin balls or throwin my racquet when I got mad... basically stuff that only made me look like an idiot without threatening anyone. But you can definitely do stupid shit when you're out there and you're all alone and it's more noticeable than two football players getting in a minor grapple halfway off camera after a play or something.

However, I always felt like an idiot about 30 seconds after I got done and would apologize. I also got over it by the time I was 19, and even that took me a couple years too long in hindsight. She has not, playing it off like it's perfectly acceptable for a 27-year-old woman to act that way. Despicable.

[Ehwmatt]

Serena Williams is just experiencing something known as "Roid Rage" Christ did you see the chick? She's built like Lorenzo fucking Neal. What garbage. A true competitor with respect to their game or the players before them never handle themselves like that, esp on Television & in a sport like Tennis where it's respect adequate. This is not the player to role model after, she takes her arrogance to a whole new level.This is the kind of behavior that gives sports a bad rap. Terrible representation.

Lorenzo Neal

Right on man, and anyone who disagrees on the severity or the ramifications of the conduct probably hasn't played or even watched much sports to know the implications of this kind of behavior. It cheapened Kim's win and embarrassed the sport as a whole.

I'm so glad I got to play a sport at the highest level I was gonna get to, which was college, for a million reasons, but of all the things it finally taught me, the most important was definitely the notion of respect and gaining humility, regardless of what you win or lose.

Someone like Serena needs to learn something my dad used to tell me when I'd be stomping around the house after I lost a baseball game or a 12 and under tennis match: "Matt, anybody can lose." Think about that for a second.

[Arkansas]

Roid rage?


later~

[YoungJRNY]

Serena Williams is just experiencing something known as "Roid Rage" Christ did you see the chick? She's built like Lorenzo fucking Neal. What garbage. A true competitor with respect to their game or the players before them never handle themselves like that, esp on Television & in a sport like Tennis where it's respect adequate. This is not the player to role model after, she takes her arrogance to a whole new level.This is the kind of behavior that gives sports a bad rap. Terrible representation.

Lorenzo Neal

Right on man, and anyone who disagrees on the severity or the ramifications of the conduct probably hasn't played or even watched much sports to know the implications of this kind of behavior. It cheapened Kim's win and embarrassed the sport as a whole.

I'm so glad I got to play a sport at the highest level I was gonna get to, which was college, for a million reasons, but of all the things it finally taught me, the most important was definitely the notion of respect and gaining humility, regardless of what you win or lose.

Someone like Serena needs to learn something my dad used to tell me when I'd be stomping around the house after I lost a baseball game or a 12 and under tennis match: "Matt, anybody can lose." Think about that for a second.

What I like about sports, at any level, that it teaches people the side of humanity and teaches you how to face not only yourself, but the rights and wrongs of when things break down and how important it is to respond in the right manner in the face of adversity, such as life. Not only that, but it's an excellent teach at respecting other people such as your opponents, and relying off of them to make you a better player, and a better person for their competitiveness and competition. Hard Work is work hard. Losing only proves that we are human and that's a beautiful thing. Sometimes you need to lose, to gain. The message of life.

[Ehwmatt]

Serena Williams is just experiencing something known as "Roid Rage" Christ did you see the chick? She's built like Lorenzo fucking Neal. What garbage. A true competitor with respect to their game or the players before them never handle themselves like that, esp on Television & in a sport like Tennis where it's respect adequate. This is not the player to role model after, she takes her arrogance to a whole new level.This is the kind of behavior that gives sports a bad rap. Terrible representation.

Lorenzo Neal

Right on man, and anyone who disagrees on the severity or the ramifications of the conduct probably hasn't played or even watched much sports to know the implications of this kind of behavior. It cheapened Kim's win and embarrassed the sport as a whole.

I'm so glad I got to play a sport at the highest level I was gonna get to, which was college, for a million reasons, but of all the things it finally taught me, the most important was definitely the notion of respect and gaining humility, regardless of what you win or lose.

Someone like Serena needs to learn something my dad used to tell me when I'd be stomping around the house after I lost a baseball game or a 12 and under tennis match: "Matt, anybody can lose." Think about that for a second.

What I like about sports, at any level, that it teaches people the side of humanity and teaches you how to face not only yourself, but the rights and wrongs of when things break down and how important it is to respond in the right manner in the face of adversity, such as life. Not only that, but it's an excellent teach at respecting other people such as your opponents, and relying off of them to make you a better player, and a better person for their competitiveness and competition. Hard Work is work hard. Losing only proves that we are human and that's a beautiful thing. Sometimes you need to lose, to gain. The message of life.

It all sounds cliche, but if you are/were an athlete that has any sense of perspective (as Serena clearly doesn't), this all rings 110% true. There's a reason all that stuff has been repeated to the point of being taboo, and it ain't because it's false.

[YoungJRNY]

Serena Williams is just experiencing something known as "Roid Rage" Christ did you see the chick? She's built like Lorenzo fucking Neal. What garbage. A true competitor with respect to their game or the players before them never handle themselves like that, esp on Television & in a sport like Tennis where it's respect adequate. This is not the player to role model after, she takes her arrogance to a whole new level.This is the kind of behavior that gives sports a bad rap. Terrible representation.

Lorenzo Neal

Right on man, and anyone who disagrees on the severity or the ramifications of the conduct probably hasn't played or even watched much sports to know the implications of this kind of behavior. It cheapened Kim's win and embarrassed the sport as a whole.

I'm so glad I got to play a sport at the highest level I was gonna get to, which was college, for a million reasons, but of all the things it finally taught me, the most important was definitely the notion of respect and gaining humility, regardless of what you win or lose.

Someone like Serena needs to learn something my dad used to tell me when I'd be stomping around the house after I lost a baseball game or a 12 and under tennis match: "Matt, anybody can lose." Think about that for a second.

What I like about sports, at any level, that it teaches people the side of humanity and teaches you how to face not only yourself, but the rights and wrongs of when things break down and how important it is to respond in the right manner in the face of adversity, such as life. Not only that, but it's an excellent teach at respecting other people such as your opponents, and relying off of them to make you a better player, and a better person for their competitiveness and competition. Hard Work is work hard. Losing only proves that we are human and that's a beautiful thing. Sometimes you need to lose, to gain. The message of life.

It all sounds cliche, but if you are/were an athlete that has any sense of perspective (as Serena clearly doesn't), this all rings 110% true. There's a reason all that stuff has been repeated to the point of being taboo, and it ain't because it's false.

It's def what your taught at an early age. And you learn very quickly that it rings true, esp when you have to rely on others doing their job to make a task flow in the right direction. If you don't have respect or motivation, you have nothing at all.

[StoneCold]

Damage control? Better late than never I guess.

Serena Williams, half hour before doubles on Monday:

"I want to sincerely apologize FIRST to the lines woman, Kim Clijsters, the USTA and mostly tennis fans everywhere for my inappropriate outburst," Monday's statement read.

"I'm a woman of great pride, faith and integrity, and I admit when I'm wrong," it continued. "I need to make it clear to all young people that I handled myself inappropriately and it's not the way to act — win or lose, good call or bad call in any sport, in any manner. I like to lead by example. We all learn from experiences both good and bad, I will learn and grow from this, and be a better person as a result."

[yak]

So....is that supposed to make everything A-OK now? "Pride, faith, and integrity?" Ha! She got the PRIDE part right. She was likely told what to say, and how to say it, by her handlers. Why do you think these idiots have people on the payroll called "handlers?" What a loser, and another bad sports role model. Kids need be looking up to the everyday heroes, like firemen, and the everyday man on the street, who will put his life on the line to save another.

Damage control? Better late than never I guess.

Serena Williams, half hour before doubles on Monday:

"I want to sincerely apologize FIRST to the lines woman, Kim Clijsters, the USTA and mostly tennis fans everywhere for my inappropriate outburst," Monday's statement read.

"I'm a woman of great pride, faith and integrity, and I admit when I'm wrong," it continued. "I need to make it clear to all young people that I handled myself inappropriately and it's not the way to act — win or lose, good call or bad call in any sport, in any manner. I like to lead by example. We all learn from experiences both good and bad, I will learn and grow from this, and be a better person as a result."

[Rockindeano]

Fuckin Williams Sisters- Predator and Predator 2 The Sequel.

Pred and Seq can literally rip all of our collective heads off and use them as bowling balls.

[Change4Better]

Ummm...Matt? Talk about a meltdown? No doubt Serena's behaviour on the court was classless and idiotic and showed poor sportsmanship, but most of the rest of your post is utter poo. Serena is a racist? Source please. Blacks fast becoming the majority? Again, source please. I can agree that the Williams sisters parents have definitely said somethings that may have been better left unsaid, but you can't paint the sisters as racist just because you don't like something said by a family member. For heavens sake we'd all be in trouble if that were the standard. As far as I can tell, Serena hasn't "played the race card" in this matter.

Finally, in the clip you posted of the press conference Serena does indeed "credit her opponent". She complements her opponents play on at least two separate occasions during the press conference.

Just feeling a little grumpy today??

Not much of a tennis fan are you? The Williams have played the race card before, go look up Williams sisters and the Indian Wells tournament from several years ago. Got too much to do to go ferreting for links right now. And yeah, Serena credits Clijsters... right after she finishes saying how bad she played and all that. Most players take the high road and just give credit. But hey, if you want to excuse repugnant behavior like this, that's your prerogative.

They are fining her $10,000 + $500 for the racquet abuse she committed at the end of the first set. She has over $25 million in career earnings, let alone endorsement money. That is a complete joke and even the commentators, Mary Carillo and John McEnroe (two former, very credible pros) said so. Any other sport, she woulda been suspended... instead she gets to go out and compete in the women's doubles final tomorrow and put her sister in a VERY uncomfortable position. Now, suspending her versus suspending a player from a team sport is a different matter, there are ticket holders and sponsors to consider, but what they oughta to do is have her forfeit her entire purse from the tournament to a charity or back to the United States Tennis Association [USTA].

Not grumpy at all, just calling a spade a spade. I'm sick of celebs getting a free pass.

+100

Another tennis freak here, but I'll reserve my opinion to myself. Way to go Kim and cutie Caroline!

[Ehwmatt]

Fuckin Williams Sisters- Predator and Predator 2 The Sequel.

Pred and Seq can literally rip all of our collective heads off and use them as bowling balls.

Serena lists herself at 135 lbs on the WTA site. Those are player-reported stats. Yeah, 135 in one ass cheek. She's at least a buck 80

[StoneCold]

Fuckin Williams Sisters- Predator and Predator 2 The Sequel.

Pred and Seq can literally rip all of our collective heads off and use them as bowling balls.

Predator 1, great flick. I try to catch that yearly.

I thought the same thing about the amazon sisters. Everytime I see'em up against some little girl on court, I don't even bother watching as its usually a slaughter.

Those shots of her bearing down on the lineswoman speak for themselves. They better get 4 burly security guys on standby for future matches.