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Serena Williams may seat out US Open
Serena Williams has been fined $175,000 (£106,200) and put on probation for two years for her foul-mouthed tirade at the US Open in September, the International Tennis Federation has announced.
The ITF said any further offence at a grand slam in the next two years would see her suspended from the US Open in 2010, 2011, [...]
Justine Henin is Back
The backhand is back. The variety is back. The best women’s tennis player in the world is back.
No, I’m not talking about Kim Clijsters. Two Belgian newspapers are reporting that Justine Henin will announce Tuesday that she is returning to the game.
Henin has become a spokesperson for UNICEF and said just four months ago that [...]
Roger Federer going down in a Blaze of fire (See the Video)
It seems the women’s semi-final at the US Open won’t be the only high-profile match marred by a profane outburst. Although it appears that it was not nearly as intense (and critically important to the match) as what happened to Serena Williams, Roger Federer cursed at the chair umpire after he disagreed with his opponent, [...]
Del Potro Stuns Federer wins US Open
Juan Martin del Potro dethroned five-time defending champion Roger Federer 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 to capture the US Open on Monday, ending an era to win in his first Grand Slam final.
Firing consistent winners, the 1.98m Argentine giant kept the pressure upon the player many hail as the greatest in tennis history, [...]
Serena Williams, Definately all woman.
So she screamed at the lines woman and didn’t think she had to apologize.
And after every lose refuses to acknowledge that her oponent was just better. Not to mention she really prefer the world of fashion, Hollywood and all that goes with it: fame and all the Glitz above her tennis career.
All I have to [...]
Serena: ‘I want to sincerely apologize
NEW YORK — Serena Williams apologized Monday for what she called her “inappropriate outburst” during her semifinal loss to Kim Clijsters at the U.S. Open.
Williams was short on contrition in the postmatch news conference after her profanity-laced, finger-pointing tirade at a lineswoman Saturday night — and again in a prepared statement Sunday.
“I want to sincerely [...]
Serena Williams offered no apology and showed no remorse for her behavior during her U.S. Open semifinal loss to Kim Clijsters
Her tirade toward U.S. Open to lineswoman goes beyond those of McEnroe and Nastase in earlier days, especially as she shows no remorse. She should be heavily fined and suspended.
Let’s see what kind of guts the normally soft-on-discipline sport of tennis has this time. If she were an Oregon football player, she’d be out for [...]
Nadal brings quick end to quarterfinal
NEW YORK — After a day of waiting around, Rafael Nadal finally got back on the court. About a half hour later, he was still looking for some action.
The third-seeded Nadal took advantage of an embarrassing collapse by No. 11 Fernando Gonzalez at the U.S. Open on Saturday to put away his quarterfinal, 7-6 (4), [...]
