Someone once wrote that sports don't create character, they reveal it. This incident in Justines match revealed a flaw in her character. She would rather take advantage of any situation to win a match than do the right thing and risk not winning. Regardless of whether Serena finished her motion, had the serve gone in it would not have counted because Justine signaled 'not ready'
by raising her hand and leaving her ready position. It is likely but not certain that that action caused Serena to miss the serve. The umpire did not see Justines action and when Serena explained he looked in a questioning manner to Justine. Justine knew, as everyone watching knew, that the umpire was asking whether she had raised her hand. Justine chose simply to shrug in a 'I don't know what you are talking about' manner rather than just say yes, I did.
The crowd was already loud and obnoxious over to line call disputes in which Serena followed the rules and was proven correct, so she chose not to pursue
the issue.
Justine had the chance to do the right thing and she blew it. Character revealed. Has she learned from that and improved? I don't know, I haven't seen her face a similar choice since then.
by raising her hand and leaving her ready position. It is likely but not certain that that action caused Serena to miss the serve. The umpire did not see Justines action and when Serena explained he looked in a questioning manner to Justine. Justine knew, as everyone watching knew, that the umpire was asking whether she had raised her hand. Justine chose simply to shrug in a 'I don't know what you are talking about' manner rather than just say yes, I did.
The crowd was already loud and obnoxious over to line call disputes in which Serena followed the rules and was proven correct, so she chose not to pursue
the issue.
Justine had the chance to do the right thing and she blew it. Character revealed. Has she learned from that and improved? I don't know, I haven't seen her face a similar choice since then.