An let’s not forget the screaming during points. It is funny because when she does play against players who are giving her problems, ie. Kim in the semi final,(Henin in the past) she does not scream and grunt to this extreme degree. The truth is, it is an unecessary tactic that she uses to intimidate her opponents. I guess if that doesn’t work, threatening them if they go in the locker room or ramming a ball down someone’s throat will.

Serena, get a clue. You claim to want to be like Nadal. How about starting with learning from his humility and grace. As long as she surrounds herself with people who let her off the hook (ie. she should have been thrown off the entire US Open and not been allowed to play doubles) she will continue to be the spoiled person she is.

Her apology was written by a well paid publicist for all the people who thinks she is ”sincere”.

Gary Z,
Orange California

Gonzo has been given many code violations for ball abuse & racquet abuse. In fact, last year he lost a match (R16 Queen’s Club v. Karlovic) under similar circumstances: he received a third code violation (game penalty) when he was down 3-6 5-6 resulting in Karlovic winning the last game & thus the match.

She knew she was going to lose to Clijsters. But nobody ever beats Serena — Serena only beats herself. Her temper tantrum on the penultimate match point — which ended up costing her both the foot fault point and the code violation point — simply allowed this match to fit in nicely with all of the other matches she’s lost despite the fact that nobody has ever beaten her.

And it’s a slap in the face to Clijsters, who deserved to win the right way.

As for the press conference, give her credit for being smart enough to listen to her handlers, who I’m sure leaned on her very heavily to act not as she usually does after a loss (hat pulled down over her eyes, casting blame everywhere except at herself, never acknowledging her opponents’ skills). Instead we got Holly Golightly up there, which under the circumstances was just bizarre.