Serena Williams, The New John McEnroe
Like John McEnroe before her, tennis star Serena Williams, was called for a foot fault late in her U.S. Open semifinal match against eventual champion Kim Clijsters Saturday and responded with a profane tirade directed at the line judge who made the call.
Williams stormed over to the judge and reportedly said something along the lines of: “I swear to God, I’m going to take this f#cking ball and shove it down your f#cking throat.”
The resulting point penalty (assessed because of a previous code-violation warning) cost Ms. Williams the match.
Ms. Williams, who so far has been fined $10,500 for her behavior during the match, issued a statement Sunday that said in part,
“Last night everyone could truly see the passion I have for my job. Now that I have had time to gain my composure, I can see that while I don’t agree with the unfair line call, in the heat of battle I let my passion and emotion get the better of me and as a result handled the situation poorly.â€
I’m just glad my children, who are big fans of both Serena Williams and her sister Venus, weren’t watching the match. None of these incidents displayed the kind of job-related passion I’d like them to emulate.
What others said:
- Dlisted says, “If I was the judge, I’d immediately start playing with my nipples while wiggling my tongue at Serena, because in my circle that is a pick-up line! Don’t threaten me with a good time, Serena!”
source: Serena Williams’s Meltdown: Losing Your Composure on the Job [wall street journal]
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