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Serena Williams must act like the first lady of tennis
OPINION – Like the first lady, while the arena may be different, Serena has to look the other way and keep it moving…
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Serena Williams’ meltdown Sunday during the women’s final of the U.S. Open was nowhere near the level of the one in 2009, when she threatened to jam a ball down a linesman’s throat, but her comments to chair umpire Eva Asderaki were petty at best and intimidating at worst
Serena is catching heat after yelling “Come on!” while returning volley in her U.S. Open Finals defeat at the hands of Australian Samantha Stosur. Stosur failed to return the shot, which was just out of her reach, but chair umpire Eva Asderaki issued Williams a code violation for “verbal abuse” and awarded Stosur the point.