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I'm no great lip-reader or anything but from the footage this is what I gather she says.

"I swear to god, if I could I'd take this ball and shove it down your ****ing throat. [something] you will ****ing die. [something]"

Sucked in to the ****ing manly beast. I'm glad this shemale is out of the open. The only downside is Kim Clijsters goes into a final she will most likely win. It was a no win situation really. Wozniaki wouldn't have beaten either.
 

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"I didn't say I would kill you, are you serious?! Are you serious ?!"

No she di-int!
 
I was at work today, just watched the match then, somehow I didn't get spoiled of the eventual result.

I don't blame Serena for what she did, if I got foot faulted at a cruical point I would probably do the same thing, heat of the moment, even the calmest person would lose their mind there. I mean the line judge must be sure of that call, a shame that they don't even have a camera on the line (surely, has to be a must to have a camera there?) because at point of the match, calling such a nit-picky rule is very tough to do. If the call is correct, well done you have just made the bravest call in the history of tennis. If the call is wrong, that linejudge shouldn't be anywhere near a tennis court again.

However, in the end what Serena did was wrong and she got the right penalty for it, you cannot threaten anyone like that, it's very hard to the offical. Even though I understand why serena did it, but it's behaviour that has to be punished for, in the end the umpire/supervisor handled it the best they could which was nice to see.

Her interview was the most disappoint thing, you can say that you feel like the decision is wrong etc. (which she didn't actually say, which surprised me) but even you feel it's wrong, you must realise that you have stepped out of line when you have come off the court and the adreline has died down and apologise for what she did. We got nothing, not even really admitting what she did. That's the thing that upsets me about this.

Undecided on whether she should get banned, I say no but wouldn't be completely opposed to it. I still feel it's tough to ban someone for such a heat of moment thing. Everybody seems to be looking at the linejudge's point of view, but think of being in Serena's view. Tell me you would be calm and carry on with the next point and you're lying your ass off. Yes, I know it doesn't excuse her but still....

Anyway, we have a great enough story Clijsters who played great tennis, fun to watch he rplay again, her ability to use the pace and angles of the court really did trouble Serena and won her the match. Hope she can win the final against Wozinacki, can't having the massive pusher winner a GS final. No surprise Caroline beat Wickmayer, wa salways going to be too solid.

I'm going for a Federer-Del Potro final, Fed in 4 with Del Potro in 4. Pity that'll be asucky final however.
 
LOL, couldn't happen to a better person. She's an arrogant stuck up bitch. I've seen the behaviour she gets up to first hand- she deserves every bit of shit she'll get from this.
 
matt_897 said:
I don't blame Serena for what she did, if I got foot faulted at a cruical point I would probably do the same thing, heat of the moment, even the calmest person would lose their mind there. I mean the line judge must be sure of that call, a shame that they don't even have a camera on the line (surely, has to be a must to have a camera there?) because at point of the match, calling such a nit-picky rule is very tough to do. If the call is correct, well done you have just made the bravest call in the history of tennis. If the call is wrong, that linejudge shouldn't be anywhere near a tennis court again.
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I don't agree with your assessment of the line umpire. She called what she saw. She saw the foot fault and she called it. It does not matter at what stage the match is in, she had a job to do and she did it. It is not a nit-picky rule in grand slam tennis, as there is a line umpire who is looking for that exact thing on every single serve. One thing that I have wondered is whether you can use hawk eye on a foot fault call? I don't think you can, but maybe that needs to be brought in.

In the heat of the moment, you can understand how frustrated Serena could have been, however, she stepped a fair way over the line in her reaction the line umpire. If that same incident had happened half way through the match, and Serena reacted in the same way, it is completely plausible that she would have been defaulted from the match.

If you read the rules of tennis from the ITF, you will see that you are not allowed to threaten, verbally or physically, an official on court. In doing so, you can be defaulted from the match. This is why I think Serena deserves a ban of some sort. Not a long ban, but something like a 2 tournament ban would be enough. I know that might seem dramatic, but threatening to kill a line judge by shoving a tennis ball down their throat, in a US Open semi final with a huge audience watching, there needs to be a consequence for that action.

Kim played a very smart, consistent match, continually frustrating Serena. What Kim does well is keep the ball deep and she is an excellent retriever of the ball. In the first part of her career, Kim was seen as an underachiever, reaching finals and semi finals of grand slams but only ever taking the crown once. It would be a fantastic story for tennis for her to win. On the other side of the coin, it would also be great for Wozniacki to take the crown as the youngest girl in the top 10. Her game style is not the most exciting to watch, but I do like players who retrieve and make their opponent really play well for the win.

The mens semi final line-ups are great. Wish I didn't have work tomorrow otherwise I would watch them. Hoping for a Djoko-Nadal final, although I would be happy for any player to win at this point.
 

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Ricketts said:
What really grinds my gears is when people don't know what is/isn't racist.
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Well I hope you learn soon.

The fact that someone posts anonymously on this Board is not open slather to use derogatory racist slurs, and the one I commented on clearly was.

Anyway, back to topic: I agree with the suggestion that Williams should be suspended. That sort of language and abuse of a linesperson needs to be deterred.


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pepsi said:
I don't agree with your assessment of the line umpire. She called what she saw. She saw the foot fault and she called it. It does not matter at what stage the match is in, she had a job to do and she did it. It is not a nit-picky rule in grand slam tennis, as there is a line umpire who is looking for that exact thing on every single serve. One thing that I have wondered is whether you can use hawk eye on a foot fault call? I don't think you can, but maybe that needs to be brought in.

In the heat of the moment, you can understand how frustrated Serena could have been, however, she stepped a fair way over the line in her reaction the line umpire. If that same incident had happened half way through the match, and Serena reacted in the same way, it is completely plausible that she would have been defaulted from the match.

If you read the rules of tennis from the ITF, you will see that you are not allowed to threaten, verbally or physically, an official on court. In doing so, you can be defaulted from the match. This is why I think Serena deserves a ban of some sort. Not a long ban, but something like a 2 tournament ban would be enough. I know that might seem dramatic, but threatening to kill a line judge by shoving a tennis ball down their throat, in a US Open semi final with a huge audience watching, there needs to be a consequence for that action.
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I honestly don't know how the linejudge called that in that situation, it just really a tough call. I understand the logic that the rule should be applied on every single point but really at that situation you must be 100% sure that she thought that was a foot fault, and I doubt she would be able to have that. Problem is here we have no camera to prove or disprove the call. If the call is correct than well done but you must be 100% sure. It is a very nit-picky rule if your foot is just barely touching the line, horrible way to be called on for a double fault, most frustating thing about the sport. You never know, the linejudge might want to be just getting some attention, highly unlkely but possible.

As I said before, I'm not opposed to a ban, it's fair enough she stepped over the line, simple as that. But it really should be only a short ban and then in itself pointless because she could care less about the smaller tournaments.

i would actually rather they ban her for the stupid press conference she gave afterwards.
 
Just for people's information about tomorrow:

2am - Nadal vs. Del Potro LIVE on Channel 9 and FOX Sports

6.30am - Federer vs. Djokovic LIVE on FOX Sports or live streaming with Channel 9 showing it on delay at 9am

11am - Wozinacki vs. Clijsters.

At the moment, the men's final is on at 6am Tuesday which could mean that might be delayed on nine as well at 9am. If it is delayed I know where i will be watching it instead.
 
matt_897 said:
i would actually rather they ban her for the stupid press conference she gave afterwards.
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It was a strange press conference. She certainly did not seem remorseful and she did not seem like she was in that bad a mood. She knew what she said to the line judge and she should have apologised for that in the press conference. She did not and looks very silly for it now.
 
Great result but I must say this. I have said this for ages, why the hell can't they just introduce a foot fault "warning" first. Honestly, one of the most stupid rules is this foot fault rubbish which half the time the line judges are dead wrong anyway. Give the players 1 warning and if they do it again, by all means call it.
 
pepsi said:
She knew what she said to the line judge and she should have apologised for that in the press conference.
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Why should she appologise for a wrong decision in her eyes. Honestly. I hate Serena but she has every right to let the WTA sort it out!:thumbsu:
 

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bombersno1 said:
Why should she appologise for a wrong decision in her eyes. Honestly. I hate Serena but she has every right to let the WTA sort it out!:thumbsu:
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You don't think she should have apologised for telling an umpire that is going to ****ing kill her by shoving a tennis ball down her throat? I think she should have apologised for that without any prompt from the WTA.
 
matt_897 said:
At the moment, the men's final is on at 6am Tuesday which could mean that might be delayed on nine as well at 9am. If it is delayed I know where i will be watching it instead.
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Fingers crossed for the final. They've broadcasted the mens final live in the past couple of years. I don't know what I'm going to do if they delay the broadcast ...

Also Serena rarely gives any credit or admit wrong in her presscons. She's notorious for her bad sportsmanship, so I'm not surprised with her reaction to the entire incident.

Even if the WTA imposed a short-term ban on Serena, it wouldn't matter much. She only cares about the Grand Slams anyway.

They really should place a camera on the line and open the foot faults up for challenge via video. It can't be that hard and conceptually the same to the Hawkeye system.
 
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Great result but I must say this. I have said this for ages, why the hell can't they just introduce a foot fault "warning" first. Honestly, one of the most stupid rules is this foot fault rubbish which half the time the line judges are dead wrong anyway. Give the players 1 warning and if they do it again, by all means call it.
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I'm pretty sure she had a foot fault eariler in the match
 
pepsi said:
You don't think she should have apologised for telling an umpire that is going to ****ing kill her by shoving a tennis ball down her throat? I think she should have apologised for that without any prompt from the WTA.
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No I don't. What happens on the court should for the most part stay on the court. Let the WTA and the tournament officials do their job. Why should she appologise for a blantantly wrong decision, especially in the context of the game!
 
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I'm pretty sure she had a foot fault eariler in the match
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You sure that was not in the semi final. The point I am making is the penalty for a first offence for a foot fault is too high. I wish line judges and umpires used a notion of common sense!
 
bombersno1 said:
You sure that was not in the semi final. The point I am making is the penalty for a first offence for a foot fault is too high. I wish line judges and umpires used a notion of common sense!
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That was the semi final :confused: I swear I remember she foot faulted earlier in the match and i remember the commentator saying she's been having a few problems with that over the past couple of weeks.

The apology should be for threatening the LJ in such a way, it's hasn't got to do with anything about the deciison at all. She can say it was a terrible call but to threaten someone is badl.

Had of Serena said in the conference along the lines "I thought it was a terrible call in a tough time of the match but I did let my temper get in the way and went too far with what I said, I apologise for that, it's not fair for me to say that...." etc. then I would actually gain respect for Serena from this match because then she would be honest and knew she did the wrong thing, admiting that her temper got int he way and she made a mistake, which all humans are easily capable in such a pressurised situation.

The reaction she seemed to give in the press conference made her look like a stuck up b**ch.
 

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