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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just watched the whole thing via the NYTimes and she appeared very disrespectful towards the umpire. Berating him and insulting him. Unacceptable.[/quote]

I just rewatched it and she's calm, but yes, emotional-- her voice squeaks a bit. He just looks like a smug prick trying to save face. He's like That teacher saying, ok keep going and you get a detention. Ok, 2 detentions, would you like 3? His little ego is too fragile. [/quote]

I don't know if you saw the whole thing.  She starts off pretty reasonable and trying to get the ump to see her point of view and then she just lost it, became distraught and on the verge of tears.  She was legitimately angry and yelled at the ump.

I think she was just having an extremely frustrating game and that call simply came at a really bad time for her.  She took it as a personal insult and lost her cool.

She's human, it happens.  She's been playing tennis for a long time and she is a seasoned veteran of the sport.  Do the umps typically make these kinds of calls on the top players?  She seemed very insulted by it which is why I don't think it is a usual thing for a player at her level.  [/quote]

Serena has been known to let her temper get the better of her - particularly when she is losing.....

[quote]Serena Williams, who lost both her temper and her US Open semi-final against Kim Clijsters on Saturday, was last night fined $10,500 (£6,300) and faced with the possibility of suspension for her profanity-laced tirade against a lineswoman who called a foot fault against her.

Officials judged her conduct to have constituted "unsportsmanlike behaviour" and levied the maximum possible penalty. Williams, whose reward for making the semi-final was $350,000 (£209,954), was also fined an additional $500 (£300) for breaking her racket earlier in the controversial match. Suffice to say, she will not be unduly worried by the prospect of financial hardship.More troubling for her, however, is the possibility of further action.

"The grand slam rule book allows for an investigation to be conducted by the grand slam committee administrator to determine if the behaviour of Ms Williams warrants consideration as a major offence, for which additional penalties can be imposed. This investigation has now begun," the referee Brian Earley said in a statement.

Neither Williams nor Earley were prepared to reveal exactly what was said to the lineswoman but the New York tabloids, which splashed the story across the back pages yesterday morning, were not so reticent. Suffice to say, it was not exactly ladylike: "I swear to God I'll f'ing take the ball and shove it down your f'ing throat.”

Williams was far from apologetic at the time. Indeed, she continued to abuse the lineswoman after her initial tirade, becoming enraged when it appeared she was being accused of threatening her with physical harm, yelling "I did not threaten to kill you. Are you serious?"

Afterwards, she was unrepentant: "An apology from me? How many people yell at linespeople? I see it happening all the time. I don't know how many times I have seen that happen. I am a professional. I'm not the beggar, like, 'Please, please, please, let me have another chance,' because it was the rules and I play by the rules."[/quote]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/sep/13/serena-williams-tirade-us-open[/quote]

Ugh.  Not exactly a first for her it seems....

That's a shame and a poor example.  Sorry Serena.  That's not cool.[/quote]

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