Published: September 12, 2009 Serena Williams became unhinged in a shocking display of vitriol and profanity toward a line judge at the most inopportune time Saturday night — right before match point for Kim Clijsters in the semifinals of the United States Open.
In a matter of confusing minutes, Williams turned what had been a scintillating women’s match into an ugly and improbable spectacle that gave Clijsters, an unseeded wild-card entry making a joyful return to Grand Slam tennis, a 6-4, 7-5 victory she could not even celebrate. Clijsters, a 26-year-old from Belgium who is the mother of a toddler, had frustrated and dominated Williams all night. After Clijsters won the first set, Williams slammed her racket to the court twice, mangling the frame in disgust. She walked to her chair, whacking the net with her racket on the way, and earned a warning for racket abuse.
Clijsters stayed composed. She had a 6-5 lead in the second set, and Williams was serving to send the set into a tiebreaker. At 15-30, a lineswoman called Williams for a foot fault on her second serve. Williams argued angrily, then walked back to the baseline. But she could not let it rest. She approached the judge and appeared to threaten her, shaking a ball in her face, according to reporters courtside and television replays.
Stupid asian Even though Williams probably shouldn't have cussed her out
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:38 pm
by _Lana_
Thats not have you talk to a judge and where did that sport spirit go ?
Totally no class
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:47 pm
by Blurred
_Lana_ wrote:Thats not have you talk to a judge and where did that sport spirit go ?
Totally no class
Just because a person is mad, that does not mean that a person has no class.
Like ƒuck I'll be pissed too, and of course because she's a star, the media takes it up a notch
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:49 pm
by tuinman159
Hoera for Clijsters, now let's just hope's she wins the finals That would be great (another grand slam victory) xD
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:51 pm
by SM-Count
Lol, WTA.
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:56 pm
by _Lana_
Blurred wrote:
_Lana_ wrote:Thats not have you talk to a judge and where did that sport spirit go ?
Totally no class
Just because a person is mad, that does not mean that a person has no class.
Like ƒuck I'll be pissed too, and of course because she's a star, the media takes it up a notch
Yeah, but she is not home cussing at her cat She could have kept it inside until its over at least ffs
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:57 pm
by Blurred
_Lana_ wrote:
Blurred wrote:
_Lana_ wrote:Thats not have you talk to a judge and where did that sport spirit go ?
Totally no class
Just because a person is mad, that does not mean that a person has no class.
Like ƒuck I'll be pissed too, and of course because she's a star, the media takes it up a notch
Yeah, but she is not home cussing at her cat She could have kept it inside until its over at least ffs
Well I guess I could agree with you on that.
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:03 pm
by *BlackFox
Well, I think it is a bit unprofessional on her part.
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:05 pm
by XemnasXD
ofy1993 wrote:
_Lana_ wrote:
Blurred wrote: Just because a person is mad, that does not mean that a person has no class.
Like ƒuck I'll be pissed too, and of course because she's a star, the media takes it up a notch
Yeah, but she is not home cussing at her cat She could have kept it inside until its over at least ffs
I would say the same thing but it's easy to say it from here.
loosing concentration, making 4 mistakes on top of each other can cause a star's career.
Seriously, as much as skill is important in an athlete's career, so is psychology. Morale is extremely important.
Exactly, she's just as susceptible to anger as anyone else. Its not like she does this stuff all the time either. The no class comment was a bit much. Personally i think this whole affair has been blown out of proportion. Should have have controlled her anger better yes, but she's only human, not like she got violent with anyone. Athletes have had much worse outburst in sports....
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:19 pm
by woutR
I've never heard of this 'foot foul' before, what does it mean?
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:24 pm
by Razorhead
According to the American Media:
Serena Williams? wrote:If I could, I would take this ball and shove it down your throat and kill you
I think this is beyond potty mouth...
voetfout volgens wiki: Men mag bij het serveren de achterlijn niet met de voet(en) raken voordat de bal geraakt is
foot foul according to wiki: On serve, u may not touch the base-line with the foot(feet) before the ball is hit
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:36 pm
by Sylar
woutR wrote:I've never heard of this 'foot foul' before, what does it mean?
When you're serving, and you step on the baseline ... you have to stay behind that line
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:42 pm
by _Lana_
XemnasXD wrote:Exactly, she's just as susceptible to anger as anyone else. Its not like she does this stuff all the time either. The no class comment was a bit much. Personally i think this whole affair has been blown out of proportion. Should have have controlled her anger better yes, but she's only human, not like she got violent with anyone. Athletes have had much worse outburst in sports....
Ok fine the no class thing is way much, but still she is not the only one in history who made mistakes that could ruin her career. Bu still those people didn't throw balls or shoes at the judges.
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:43 pm
by XemnasXD
jeez the comments on that video are ridiculous. I mean youtube commenters are second only to IMDB commenters but those people are just acting awful as if saying those types of things if any better than what serena did. Apparently MacEnroe used to do the same kind of things and nobody acted like this...
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:45 pm
by Jstar1
you guys do know that its the line judge's fault? Serena did not footfault at all. It was a legit serve. The line judge is an idiot.
that said, she shouldn't have done that in front of everyone
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:06 pm
by Mirosuke
Yeah, the line judge was kinda stupid. But heck , there was no reason to do what Serena did. ok, maybe she was pissed because she was losing the match... but man, she's the #1 in females. I don't think Roger Federer would do such a thing like she did, btw.
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:12 pm
by Mirosuke
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Another view, also u can hear what they say.
"I didn't say i will kill you! Are you serious?" "Yes, you did." lol
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:14 pm
by rumpleKillskin
Sad excuse for a tennis player. Seriously, she is full of herself. Not hard to be at the top in a weaker era...
Someone should run a test on her...
ROID RAGE!!!!
Jay-Kay.
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:19 pm
by Mirosuke
Serena Said;
"I swear to God I'll Farking take this ball and shove it down your Farking throat! Do you hear me? I swear to God. You better be glad--you better be Farking glad that I'm not, I swear."
This was enough to give Serena her second warning. Wich means a point penalty Serena was match point down so the match goes to Kim
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:44 pm
by Goseki
Dumb mistake on the judge. Although I can see why she's so Farking pissed. It was a bad call and she knew it. It was at match point and was a very crucial point in the game. The difference between this and McEnroe's outburst is I don't remember him threatening to kill anyone. Although his careers had a lot more outbursts that Serena's. Honestly they should've just fined her and get a new ref and restart that point imo. Semi-finals and match point is way too important to be won by a penalty like this. Serena was doing bad, so that only added to her anger and frustration.
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:46 pm
by CrimsonNuker
This is as exciting as tennis gets.
Kidding, don't kill me.
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:47 pm
by chesticles
i like how the little bitch runs to the head judge when serena comes towards her xD
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:54 pm
by rumpleKillskin
chesticles wrote:i like how the little bitch runs to the head judge when serena comes towards her xD
Ya, it isn't like the judge didn't call her up or anything to talk about it.
Seriously, Serena has always had this attitude. Even though the line judge did make a weird call, it isn't like it was false..
Serena lost the match either way..
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:12 pm
by IceCrash
XemnasXD wrote: Exactly, she's just as susceptible to anger as anyone else. Its not like she does this stuff all the time either. The no class comment was a bit much. Personally i think this whole affair has been blown out of proportion. Should have have controlled her anger better yes, but she's only human, not like she got violent with anyone. Athletes have had much worse outburst in sports....
this
oh please, let it rest, nothing that big, anyone that plays sports knows a lot of people do much worse than that, and top people do sh1t stuff as well... so seriously go fucking die in a hole media... jeez (literal sence off)
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:28 pm
by Goseki
rumpleKillskin wrote:Ya, it isn't like the judge didn't call her up or anything to talk about it.
Seriously, Serena has always had this attitude. Even though the line judge did make a weird call, it isn't like it was false..
Serena lost the match either way..
Wasn't it proven later that it was false? Her foot was behind the line the entire time... It was a shitty call at a crucial time.
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:53 pm
by nohunta
Oh cmon now dont act like any of you havent ever got so pissed at a red that you threw the ball at his face and broke his nose before......Wait what that was just me? oh ok.
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:05 pm
by Kolossal
TOTALLY RIGHT, a girl with her tennis career besides have to externate the fair play first of every other.
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:13 pm
by bakafish
CrimsonNuker wrote:This is as exciting as tennis gets.
Kidding, don't kill me.
Have to agree.
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:11 pm
by Aiyas
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Made me lol
Re: Serena William's potty mouth
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:14 pm
by inky
I'm really happy for you, Imma' let you finish...but I just wanna do this:
Even though Williams probably shouldn't have cussed her out