ok I definetly heard i will take this ball and shove it down your fucking throat, couldn't make out much else though

9/12/2009 11:22:50 PM

i swear to god

i will take this ball and shove it down your fucking throat

i swear to god



and then a lot of bleeping so i imagine it was far worse. i bet it'll come out soon enough


that shit was disgusting. plain and simple.

9/12/2009 11:25:35 PM

a foot fault is a foot fault is a foot fault. doesn't matter when it happens, first point or match point, still gotta call the thing.

plus, if she didn't slam her racket down after the first set, wouldn't have lost that way

(can you tell i wanted her to lose?)

9/12/2009 11:34:57 PM

Wow, I totally missed this cause of the USC/OSU game. Don't think I can ever pull for Serena again after that shit.

9/12/2009 11:35:43 PM

so no Americans in either the men or ladies singles events of the US Open. How far has US tennis fallen.

9/12/2009 11:36:14 PM

Serena did not get booed off the court. The crowd was booing the fact that the match had ended abruptly as Serena walked off.

I'm not condoning her actions but I do have to say, that's a shitty call at that time of the match.

9/12/2009 11:40:44 PM

well they should be mad at serena for losing the match...not mad at the officials who called the match according to the rules.

yeah, it's not the best ending, but perhaps if she hadn't of foot faulted AND lost her shit...the match wouldn't have ended like it did.

9/12/2009 11:44:48 PM

whatever

if this had been a hot chick that did this, you wouldn't lose respect for her

9/12/2009 11:48:14 PM

incorrect

that shit was disgusting

9/12/2009 11:51:50 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF8ZoevMJQc

9/12/2009 11:52:19 PM

Lets face it, this really was the Women's Final. To call a foot fault at that stage was like calling a touch foul on a shot in basketball at the buzzer of a Championship game. It's taking the outcome away from the athletes and I'm just one that believes that should never be unless it was totally obvious.

9/12/2009 11:56:45 PM

I think the merit of the call is irrelevant if Serena is threatening to kill the official.

9/13/2009 12:00:33 AM

You can hear the announcers saying that there was clearly a foot fault, but then saying "you can't call that there." Fuckers.

Judges shouldn't have to take that kind of crap from players. I'm glad the judge didn't let Serena walk all over her and spoke to the main judge. Fuck "taking the point away," an athlete shouldn't expect to get leeway at any time.

[Edited on September 13, 2009 at 12:03 AM. Reason : link ninja'ed]

9/13/2009 12:01:06 AM

"I don't know why she would have felt threatened"

LOL, even serena looked like she was about to crack up when she said that

^it wasn't even the judge, she was taking it until the chair person called her over



[Edited on September 13, 2009 at 12:07 AM. Reason : from the press conf]

9/13/2009 12:04:08 AM

Yeah she knew she fucked up.

9/13/2009 12:05:28 AM

lol @ everybody who thinks this changed the outcome of the match. obviously you weren't watching. serena was getting pwned all over.

9/13/2009 12:06:16 AM

You know I just watched when she got jewed out of the Open in that match against Capriati where there were 4 wrong calls, including possibly the worst call ever, and she managed to hold her composure then (despite being dressed like a cheap hooker). Being older now, you think she could have kept it together on match point.

Quote :

"You can hear the announcers saying that there was clearly a foot fault, but then saying "you can't call that there." Fuckers."

McEnroe was the announcer that said that, so you gotta take it with a grain of salt.

Quote :

"lol @ everybody who thinks this changed the outcome of the match. obviously you weren't watching. serena was getting pwned all over."

Neither woman was dominant, there were 5 breaks of serve in that second set. And I don't really think that it changed the outcome, but Serena served her way out of 15-40 earlier in the match. If she had dug through that game a second set tiebreaker would have been up and I think Serena definitely could have pulled it together to go to a third set. And then who knows.

Just my .02

[Edited on September 13, 2009 at 12:19 AM. Reason : ]

9/13/2009 12:08:27 AM

Quote :

"I think the merit of the call is irrelevant if Serena is threatening to kill the official."

9/13/2009 12:41:57 AM

I don't know why anyone would think that a linesjudge would even be bothered to know what the score is. They just focus on watching their line. Kind of a mindless job, and not a job that involves interpreting complicated rules.

Serena has had LOT of footfaults called this tournament before this match. You'd think she'd learn to just back it up a half inch from the line. Instead, take out frustration on the teeniest ever lady linesjudge? Not cool.

Serena, Serena, Serena. Way to show your ass.

9/13/2009 12:43:16 AM

i agree. the USTA ought to take some kind of action against her

9/13/2009 1:51:55 AM

seems like serena's actions were in line with the shit john mcenroe used to pull, not that that makes it any better...


this federer/djokovic match should be pretty good...any predictions? i got federer in 4.

9/13/2009 10:51:37 AM

Quote :

"McEnroe was the announcer that said that, so you gotta take it with a grain of salt."

agreed

a foot fault is a foot fault, and it sure looked like one to me

9/13/2009 11:50:52 AM

Nadal vs. Del Potro is about to be on ESPN2, even though it says Spanish Soccer is on

well it's already on, but the match hasn't started yet

9/13/2009 12:05:47 PM

you cannot be serious!

9/13/2009 12:11:58 PM

Nadal get your shit together --- I want Federer vs. Nadal tomorrow!

9/13/2009 12:47:01 PM

Re Serena

How hard is it to keep your foot off the goddamn line? Just do it and there won't be a problem.

9/13/2009 12:47:46 PM

I think she went off and got the last penalty on purpose to keep from being "beat"

9/13/2009 12:54:44 PM

holy crap the umpire's mic is stupidly big

and i'm trying to figure out how much of this is del potro playing well, and how much of this is nadal being injured

9/13/2009 1:16:02 PM

del potro is playing fucking lights out

nadal is playing about average I guess

9/13/2009 2:24:53 PM

i dont know why mcenroe keeps pronouncing it "pote-cho" instead of "pote-ro"

9/13/2009 2:30:55 PM

lol

9/13/2009 2:34:40 PM

how much of this result is due to the fact that Nadal's crazy topspin groundstrokes bounce right into Del Potro's wheelhouse?

9/13/2009 2:34:58 PM

73%

9/13/2009 2:41:41 PM

I hope this Federer and Djokovic match is good

I definitely wouldn't mind seeing Djokovic win it all this year

he deserves it

but so do all of them, really

9/13/2009 4:25:00 PM

Djokovic not looking too good at 2 sets down

9/13/2009 6:36:28 PM

haha holy fuck what a shot by fed

9/13/2009 7:09:07 PM

so i guess if fed wins tommorow he'll have the best grand slam streak (6 us opens) in the open era; I guess that's the last record he needs

9/13/2009 7:17:18 PM

that and he can go for a Federer-slam at the Aussie Open

9/13/2009 7:18:55 PM

old now but im getting my 2 cents in on WHAT A SHOT BY FEDERER!

ladies championship about to begin, hope its good

9/13/2009 9:16:57 PM

I'm thinkin kim is gonna win this easily

9/13/2009 9:19:44 PM

how's it going so far

everyone else here is watchin somethin else

9/13/2009 9:39:30 PM

^^ Agreed. Clijsters has a lot more firepower off the ground and a much stronger service game. I expect her to get back to #1 in the near future.

[Edited on September 13, 2009 at 9:40 PM. Reason : ]

9/13/2009 9:39:50 PM

she's not even ranked, how is she getting to no. 1 that soon?

9/13/2009 9:41:40 PM

Only unranked because she hasn't been back from retirement very long. She should skyrocket back up the rankings in the next year as she's arguably the most talented player on tour. Although now that I think about it, she may not play enough tournaments to get back to #1 because she'll want to spend time with her kid. I guess we'll see.

So far Clijsters is making a TON of unforced errors. Wozniacki up a break in the first at 4-3.


V I still think Clijsters will win.

[Edited on September 13, 2009 at 10:01 PM. Reason : ]

9/13/2009 9:54:46 PM

^not suprising at all to me

don't make excuses for oudin being a low-class player. she was riding a huge wave playing wozniacki and yet still got dismantled every way possible.

9/13/2009 9:57:36 PM

Wozniacki's getting pushed around.

9/13/2009 10:20:42 PM

^yeah

9/13/2009 10:30:33 PM

This thread needs more:

9/13/2009 10:31:31 PM

Kim is making psycho shots.

9/13/2009 10:52:47 PM

set em up

poor Wozniacki

9/13/2009 10:54:49 PM