My only regret on the whole issue is that I had Serena­ apologised to a white man. My God I am shaking.. How on­ earth can this be. I forgive her out of ignorance and­ her Christian Believes and Values.. This is black­ man's dilemma.. They have all the attributes of­ God. This is the christian value we preach and not­ white man's value devoid of honesty. Bible in their­ left hand right hand swift to iniquity. People who­ worship idols like them sing peoples praises and not­ God. Their reward is written long time ago. They open­ their mouth to call god but their heart is far from­ True GOD.
I have no further expectations for this­ degradation of tennis by USTA, the chinese lines woman­ and Clijsters. She has since disappeared and has­ announced her come back at AO. It was the same­ Clijsters Serena Played against at Indian Wells in her­ last appearance in that competition. USTA to be­ investigated as there is something wrong with America­ and their handling of Serena. We should not all keep­ quiet and rejoycing in silence as this is tragedy for­ tennis. that official can conspire against a player to­ throw away match. USTA should be investigated..

Hempy, I don't care what you think about me and my­ words. The word I speak is spirit and it can polute­ uneducated minds.. If you read the lines you will note­ the hafeful stannce of injustice.. we should not­ judge.. The lines woman did no good to anybody except­ perhaps Clijster who jump to the occasion and the USTA­ capitalising on it. I know the amount of hatrate we­ humans habour against one another. If we continue to­ minister injustice and failed to speak out not mere­ sentimental outbursts but meaningful opposition to­ injustices, we are certain to be near God. But since­ this is human, we are all subject to the final­ judgment. What that Lady did will deserve execution if­ it was a national footbal team. In fact she should be­ banned from any match. If she is a white stourge, then­ be it, use her against Federa..

all the serena haters need to go get a frickin life. if­ i was serena i would have surely force that ball down­ her throat, thats the way i see it, so now Attack me­ and leave the frickin tennis world number one alone. pe­ pe pe peaacee oouutt

AbiodunS that was the annoying thing for me as a fan of­ kim. being a sentimental so and so i was hoping for a­ fairytale win by either kim or melanie. by the time­ they robbed serena to get kim to the final, i was so­ incensed with the injustice my allegiance shifted to­ caroline in the final. yes i did feel that a big insult­ was meted to kim herself, almost like the conspirators­ thought (in view of what had happened to elena at the­ wimbledon semis) that kim was not capable of beating­ serena without the helping hand of some buffoon­ shouting foot fault at the most critical point in any­ match and the stupid umpire, unlike how previous­ umpires diffuse a volatile situation, quickly called­ out for the tournament referee without even waiting for­ a complaint from the line judge 'victim'. the­ flood of bigots who are just celebrating the fact that­ serena was out couldn't find the humanity to­ consider the injustice of the daylight robbery. at the­ end of the day, kim herself was not party to the­ conspiracy, so she should still be congratulated (and­ it could not have been easy for her to put the episode­ to one side and still perform in the final). as the­ person whose win was tainted by the conspiracy i'll­ bet she would welcome any judicial challenge that got­ to the bottom of who was involved in the conspiracy.

Where does Kim fit in all these.I hope in her heart of­ hearts,she acknowledges that,that her win is TAINTED

Why does the preface IF I COULD not seem to count to­ the blood baying sucklers on this issue? Commendably­ this lady (yes a lady for those of you who were not­ BROUGHT UP to see her as one) has apologised in order­ to make peace and move on. I personally wouldn't­ have done in the face of such daylight robbery (no­ matter what technical nonsense the pretenders like­ Bobito and Steve Arkwright, wtf is that idiot, try to­ write from their tainted and heavily prejudiced­ perspective). of course it doesn't matter to them­ about what nastase, mcenroe, becker, stich,­ navratilova, tarrango, sampras, federer, stove have all­ done in the past, they don't look like serena,­ period and that is the TRUE ISSUE here. I've got­ news for you Bobito and Steve Arkwright, america has­ moved on from the days when you murder innocent people­ or deprive them of their livelihood in the name of­ perverted justice. you may hanker for those days to­ return but us decent people will fight you with all the­ resources at our disposal, yes decent white people and­ progressive non-whites, united in confronting your­ attempts to perpetuate unnatural justice on the­ innocents of whatever race, colour or creed. As Eel and­ pjcogs have pointed out before, if you think the line­ judge and the umpire can just conspire to rob a player­ at a critical point of the match, with no consequences­ whatsoever to them, just you wait until this enquiry­ have finished before you hear the voices of those­ waiting to see how the authorities deal with the­ incident.

It is this kind of Top Level Match which TRUE TENNIS ­ FANS LIVE FOR, ARE PREPARED TO WAIT EVEN 5 TO 7 ­ RAIN-DELAYED DAYS , TO WAIT UP AT UNEARTHLY HOURS OF ­ THE DAY (IN SOME PARTS OF THE PLANET) FOR IT TO ­ BEGIN.
MILLIONS OF TRUE TENNIS FANS ALSO WANT A ­ NATURAL CONCLUSION TO SUCH A HUGE MARQUEE MATCH; THE ­ TOP ATTRACTION OF THE TOURNAMENT, AND IT IS A HUGE­ LETDOWN FOR TENNIS THAT POORLY EXERCISED DISCRETION BY ­ A LINE JUDGE (AS PROVEN BY TV REPLAYS) WHERE SUCH GOOD ­ DISCRETION IS DEMANDED(NOT JUST EXPECTED) IN SUCH A ­ MARQUEE MATCH AT SUCH A CRITICAL LEVEL AS A SEMIFINAL ­ OF A GRANDSLAM, HAVE TOTALLY MARRED AN OTHERWISE GRAND ­ MATCH AND ROBBED IT OF ITS NATURAL CONCLUSION. And ­ this is what makes TRUE (as opposed to psychopathic ­ haters) Tennis Fans absolutely livid that their days of­ waiting (excruciating even for some ) and anticipation­ so eager it was threatening to burst out of the seams ­ and spill over onto the carpet that it had been brought­ to such a rude unfitting incommensurate end by some ­ silly line call caused by poor discretion. If top ­ tennis stars have the same kind of comparatively low ­ pressure lives of lines judges, they would never be top­ tennis stars in the 1st place, and if line judges ­ have­ the world class quality and top talent to be top ­ tennis (since nobody's stopping them) they wouldnt ­ have been or remained just line judges. AND even here, ­ there is a HUGE difference between a line judge who ­ INTELLIGENTLY uses her discretion and ONE who behaves ­ like a average-class robot. TOP LEVEL TENNIS DO NOT ­ NEED THE AVERAGE CLASS ROBOTS.

The second set was dominated by repeated breaks of ­ serve; it was a riveting match of titans, of 2 top ­ stars, the kind of matches which make tennis a ­ worthwhile sport to watch, worth the 2-3 hours put ­ aside for tennis in a world where all kinds of ­ activity are competing for one's time and $. Just ­ when it was getting even more exciting, TV replays ­ showed the call couldnt have been more silly and come ­ at a more inopportune time given that discretion is ­ expected before such a call is made. This extremely ­ silly call (as evidenced by TV replays) mar the match ­ from a natural conclusion. It ruined the day for ­ Millions of TRUE TENNIS FANS (rather than psychopathic ­ haters with their vendettas et al) prepared to wait as ­ many days as it requires for the rain to stop and for ­ the marquee match OF THE TOURNAMENT to begin. Millions ­ of TRUE TENNIS FANS do not wait to see a lineswoman ­ using her discretion poorly to make a silly line call ­ (as proven by TV replays) AT THE WORST POSSIBLE MOMENT.­ It is NOT NICE to have a match by the 2 TOP ­ ATTRACTIONS ended this way by a silly line call which ­ if good discretion had been exercised would have been ­ totally unnecessary. MILLIONS TRUE TENNIS FANS WANT TO ­ SEE TOP TENNIS STARS BATTLE IT OUT AND THEY EXPECT THE ­ UTMOST DISCRETION POSSIBLE FROM LINE JUDGES EVEN MORE ­ SO IN CALLS WHERE IT IS UNJUSTLY NOT CHALLENGEABLE BY ­ HAWKSEYE OR OTHERWISE IN THE MOMENT. All jobs carry an­ accountability to exercise the discretion right and TV ­ replays showed this discretion was way out

We all have jobs at one time or another. But we are ­ also expected to do the job right, rather than just do ­ the job. The simple reality is liability & ­ accountability is attached to not doing the job right ­ as well. TV replays showed the footfault call was ­ either inconclusive or worse, wrong. So did Serena ­ commit a BLATANT footfault at the most critical point ­ of the match? The TV replay showed CLEARLY NO.
IS ­ Serena a repeat Offendor? NO
Did Serena really intend ­ to shove the ball down? CLEARLY NO from her preface of ­ IF I COULD.
Is Serena's oncourt demeanor (in her ­ entire career history) prior to this silly line call , ­ a good one? Its more than good, baby, its ­ near-impeccable!
Is Serena a Jeff Tarango? You must be ­ joking, blatantly dishonest or worse completely ­ moronic. Tarango has a notorious repute of unruly ­ abusive behaviour on court throughout his career, and ­ his wife even physically assaulted the umpire. Tarango ­ is a serial repeat offendor. Serena is a spur of the ­ moment first time lose-it-er.
Was the line call silly, ­ considering that discretion was expected? YES, and ­ this is further supported by the TV replay.
Millions of­ TRUE TENNIS FANS around the world have eagerly waited ­ 3 DAYS!! for this rain delayed match to commence and ­ it did not disappoint. The score of 6-4, 7-5 showed ­ the match was close, but it was closer than that. The ­ second set was dominated by repeated breaks of serve; ­ it was a riveting match of titans, of 2 top stars, the ­ kind of matches which make tennis a worthwhile sport to­ watch, worth the 2-3 hours put aside for tennis in a ­ world where all kinds of activity are competing for ­ one's time and $. Just when it was getting even ­ more exciting, TV replays showed the call couldnt have ­ been more silly and come at a more inopportune time ­­ given that discretion is expected before such a call is­ made. This extremely silly call (as evidenced by TV ­ replays) mar the match from a natural conclusion. It ­ ruin

As we have already seen and heard,there are many Serena­ haters who will resort to anything to magnify a 100 ­ times the severity of her mere verbal abuse. We have ­ also as someone had pointed out how some writers (of ­ all the gall to even dare to call themselves tennis ­ writers) have deliberately twisted the scenario 360 % ­ around by either making nonsensical or twisted­ comparisons or worse by deliberately removing THE MOST ­ IMPORTANT part of Serena's tirade, the most ­ relevant preface of " IF I COULD..." Unless ­ judge and jury are also sharing the same vendetta ideas­ or just plain incompetent, they will surely ­ acknowledge that that tirade preface of "IF I ­ COULD" is the CLEAREST EVIDENCE that Serena had ­ intended it as no more than a tirade. As someone ­ pointed out, it is no more different than a irritable ­ pressurised Mother brandishing her steaming hot ladle ­ (becos she happened to be cooking when she finally ­ snapped at the her child's annoying antic) as she ­ screamed " IF I COULD..I WOULD THROTTLE YOU RIGHT ­ THIS MOMENT!" And the child would have been zero ­ danger of being snuffed out unless Marilyn Monroe is ­ being mistaken for a man.
Others have pointed out that ­ there are rules and the lines woman was just doing her ­ job. But these same others also conveniently ignore ­ the fact that all jobs and rules require the use of­ discretion, the consideration of the circumstances ­ which also includes career history, impeccability of ­ on-court demeanor prior, intent & ultimate outcome,­ is the person a repeat offendor?, et al. First time ­ offendors are ALWAYS invariably given a chance unless ­ you are talking about murder or grand crimes. We all ­ have jobs at one time or another. But we are also­ expected to do the job right, rather than just do the ­ job. The simple reality is liability &­ accountability is attached to not doing the job right ­ as well. TV replays showed the footfault call was ­ either inconclusive or worse,

According to some on here, Serena's threats of­ violence can be excused because a line judge may have­ got a call wrong? Oh really?

Bobito, you are wrong. The line judge could have made­ a mistake. Are you telling us that line calls are 100%­ correct? Then why did they bring in challenges? For­ me, the question I have for the organisers is this: ­ how come they do not allow challenges for foot faults?

by the way, FYI, you fans from across The Pond. The­ Serena episode was shown and re-shown from every­ possible angle. The tennis world and coverage is far­ vaster than Eurosport... There is no doubt about the­ error by the linesperson. Again, I do not defend­ Serena's reaction, but, indeed, I understand why­ she exploded....

#39. Yes, "we all heard' Serena's come­ back to what "we all saw" was a bloiody error­ in a line call that my cat wouldn't have made.­ ..Have you ever thought of what passion and emotion a­ great tennis player must have to become a Federer, a­ Nadal, a Marat Safin (in his prime) or a Serena? ...I­ would stake my life that any of those other names I­ have mentioned caught in the exact circumstances in­ which Serena was caught could have stifled an outburst­ of similar dimensions. She was wrong to threaten the­ poor, ignorant linesperson ...but she was also very­ HUMAN in doing so...She has been punsihed enough. Has­ the linesperson been sanctioned for her gross error?­ has her pay been docked? has she been suspended for­ falling down abismallty on her job? Why have we heard­ nothing of this graceless person? has SHE apologized to­ Serena?

So, tomorrow I go robbing a bank and if i get caught i­ will appologise expecting to be forgiven. Right?? Of­ course not. What Serena did deserves an appropriate­ punishment, just like a red card in football. The­ appology might help slightly reduce the ban but it­ should never be the basis of a suspension or absence of­ ban. And as some have highlighted, McEnroe was bad­ mouthed, and he got done for it properly. Serena was­ intimidating and threatening. Such behaviour would have­ been enough to get arrested by cops..

These people have really aroused a beast they cannot­ tame.After all the commotion and turmoil arising from­ this unfortunate incident,Serena couldn't hold a­ news conference without being thrown a barrage of­ questions on the same issue She has­ apologised,explained and apologised and explained her­ regret again and again.what do you want her to do?.
I­ agree with 27,28,29.Leave Serena alone W­ people.She's been punished more thatn enough for­ crying foul against injustice.I don't remember any­ girl on the tour that has endured the injustice these­ two girls have had to go through over the years in this­ sport.Yet they opened not their mouth.What's really­ going on here?I think these girls are victims of some­ sort of conspiracy.
By opening up doors for further­ punishment and not meting it out sooner,there is room­ created for further rancour.
As for the Eastern­ Europeans,they should go tend to their goats and sheep­ in their mountains.This is not a forum for them to­ come show their incivility.Why don't eurosport ban­ such primitive people from spewing out vulgarity where­ men of schooled minds are?

For all those that want to compare Serena's­ behaviour to that of John McEnroes need to wake up.­ Whilst McEnroe was indeed sometimes abusive to­ officials, he never threatenned them with violence.­ Serena did, and we all heard it. Its for that reason­ alone that Serena Williams needs to be suspended from­ the tour to reflect on her behaviour. She has let­ herself down, her fans down and more importantly,­ Womens tennis. Her behaviour was nothing short of­ disgraceful and as a role model for thousands of young­ kids, for their sake she needs to be seen punished. How­ many more young children do we want to see grow up and­ behave that way just because "Serena did it".

34 - your dissertation is as shi ite as your­ brain..Mcenroe was a big abuser, ivanisevic as­ well...were they banned?..never..

I think Serena should be fined $200,000 and be forced­ to pay for a new hairdo for her mother.

all wiliams are a @#$% so tke them out of sport