Re: Poor sportmanship of the year?
Let me clear here - I like Serena Williams and usually root for her. As I was doing yesterday. It was a bad call - her foot didn't appear to be on the line. But...Serena was way out of line in her behaviour. She approached the line judge (a small Asian woman), pointing with her racquet in a threatening manner and apparently dropping quite a few F bombs while she was yelling. If she then also threatened to shove a ball down the judges throat - well, that was uncalled for and definitely poor sportsmanship. Plus the fact that Serena IS a big girl, and certainly much bigger than the judge! I was shocked watching it all on TV - I can only imagine how the judge felt.
McEnroe was penalized many, many times for his actions on the courts and was also a poor sport many, many times. Serren's actions were no different than his. and she got fined and lost the chance for another championship. I would say that is fair.
What's truly unfair to Cljisters is the way she made her way into the finals. Should she win, her victory will forever be associated with the manner in which she won her semi match. Would she have even won, should the match have been played out to the end? It will certainly put a question mark on any victory in the finals - and through no fault of hers. The confusion on her face yesterday and her interview made me truly feel sorry for her.
Let me clear here - I like Serena Williams and usually root for her. As I was doing yesterday. It was a bad call - her foot didn't appear to be on the line. But...Serena was way out of line in her behaviour. She approached the line judge (a small Asian woman), pointing with her racquet in a threatening manner and apparently dropping quite a few F bombs while she was yelling. If she then also threatened to shove a ball down the judges throat - well, that was uncalled for and definitely poor sportsmanship. Plus the fact that Serena IS a big girl, and certainly much bigger than the judge! I was shocked watching it all on TV - I can only imagine how the judge felt.
McEnroe was penalized many, many times for his actions on the courts and was also a poor sport many, many times. Serren's actions were no different than his. and she got fined and lost the chance for another championship. I would say that is fair.
What's truly unfair to Cljisters is the way she made her way into the finals. Should she win, her victory will forever be associated with the manner in which she won her semi match. Would she have even won, should the match have been played out to the end? It will certainly put a question mark on any victory in the finals - and through no fault of hers. The confusion on her face yesterday and her interview made me truly feel sorry for her.
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