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Big Kudos To Serena
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SpinToWin
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Right. It's so hard to say that somebody has a promising future in a post match (victory) interview. So much harder than to actually show a professional sporting performance on a tennis court…
ScottleeSV
Hall of Fame
Watch the point at 0-30, 2-2, Serena one set up. Serena hits a shot out wide and then screams, pointlessly, long after the ball is hit. Watson gets it back and the rally carries on a while. Umpire though should have stopped the rally and given Watson the point.
There were several other ridiculous screams and shrieks, mostly after the most simple of put aways. It's against the spirit of the game and has no place in tennis, and especially at Wimbedon. If I was playing a match against someone and they repeatedly began doing that, I would walk off the court and pack up.
My kids are 4 and 3. It comforts me that if they end up tennis nuts like me, they will probably not have to suffer the Serena Williams experience.
There were several other ridiculous screams and shrieks, mostly after the most simple of put aways. It's against the spirit of the game and has no place in tennis, and especially at Wimbedon. If I was playing a match against someone and they repeatedly began doing that, I would walk off the court and pack up.
My kids are 4 and 3. It comforts me that if they end up tennis nuts like me, they will probably not have to suffer the Serena Williams experience.
Steve0904
Talk Tennis Guru
After she won, sure. Have you seen her most of the time after she actually loses?
Steve0904
Talk Tennis Guru
That said, I'll give her props for the fight, but I hate the way she goes about it. She's a massive drama queen and always has been when she's losing. She's honestly no better than Sharapova or Azarenka in that department it's just that more people let her away with it because she has 20 slams.
LaZeR
Professional
That's my point ~ that it might be a bit unusual in Serena's case ~ (and, maybe that's what the OP meant).
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ScottleeSV
Hall of Fame
She's worse than Azarenka or Sharapova. I can forgive grunting/shrieking at the point the ball is being hit because that's mostly physiological. Not much you can do about it.
When you scream after putting a ball away though, you're making a conscious decision to do it. It's loud, it's in your face (in Williams case she's often deep in the forecourt), it's rude, and it distracts from the match. It's completely unnecessary.
When you scream after putting a ball away though, you're making a conscious decision to do it. It's loud, it's in your face (in Williams case she's often deep in the forecourt), it's rude, and it distracts from the match. It's completely unnecessary.
LaZeR
Professional
Well Sloane Stephens quite emphatically said how disrespectful it is of Serena to yell "come on" After a Point, but Azarenka also screamed it a lot, sometimes Sharapova, and so did Lleyton Hewitt. Nadal sometimes yells "VAMOS", and ya never know what Kyrgios might yell! Federer has on occasion yelled something like "Komm, jetzt! Jaaaa". Serena sometimes does it a couple times per match - not always, but MANY players do it on occasion to some extent, or at some point or another, so not sure why you're not including them, and just singling out Serena. Further to your post, didn't THEY also "make a conscious decision to do it"???
Haven't you ever run your azz all over the court, hit a great winner, and then yell something??? COME ON!! LOL But, whatever the case, it's really not that big a deal and rather moot. Not worth discussion IMO...
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Man of steel
Hall of Fame
Have you watched her press conference after she loses. She's gracious in defeat to every player. She was gracious to petra, halep and so on and so on. Its just you keep filtering everything any good thing that she says about the player with all the negative things she says about her performance.
John Newcombe and Martina N specifically cited Pova for screaming long after hitting a NON winner, to muffle the sound of the ball coming off her own racket(and, of course, good players can get an idea of what kind of shot was hit by that sound). I've already said I don't like that occasional habit of Serena's, but, first of all, it's not as bad on a winner as it is on a ball in play, and secondly, Pova does it WAY more than Serena, so I disagree on her being worse.
THUNDERVOLLEY
G.O.A.T.
Nevermind facts about other players. To the usual suspects, it is all about Serena--even as others are demonstrated to be the worst offenders.
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