Nadal finishes Gonzalez. Serena disqualified from her match!

Well, I don't really have a whole lot to say about the Nadal vs Gonzalez match. Nadal, came out and pretty much dominated Gonzo, right from where they left off. Gonzalez, played terribly in the third set, his forehand was missing constantly and he lost the set and match 7-6, 7-6, 6-0.

Now, as for Serena and Kim Clijsters, I have a lot to say about their match. Ordinarily, I don't comment much about the WTA, so something pretty important has to happen for me to make a post on it. Well, something incredible did happen. Serena, got herself disqualified by verbally abusing a lineswoman after she incorrectly called a foot fault against Serena.

The lineswoman's, call was a bit questionable but Serena just snapped and went off on this woman. Here's the video in case you haven't already seen it:



I think that Serena's reactions during the whole match were inappropriate. She acted more like a bitter, vengeful, maniac than a former 3 time champion. After losing the first set she threw her racquet on the ground, picked it back up, and then proceeded to smash it against the court until it broke. That was just a warm up, for what came next. Starting in the second set Serena, started to get more verbally aggressive. She started using more 'come on's' after winning points against Kim's serve and in between points, she would pace around the baseline, talking to her racquet, with her body language becoming increasingly negative. Finally with the end of the match, in sight, Serena snapped. The line judge called a foot fault against her when she was serving at 15-30, on her second serve. It gave Kim ,two match points, but she never got to play them because Serena went right over to the line judge and started swearing at her and threatened to ram one of the balls up her ass.

The lines judge went over to tell the chair umpire what Serena had told her and the chair umpire motioned for Serena to come over to them. They brought out two officials and Serena basically tried to deny what she had said. They told her she was disqualified and she walked over to shake Kim's hand and then left, with the crowd booing her as she went. In the press conference, after the match, Serena, pretty much denied what she had said but she did later give an apology to the woman on her website.

I was disgusted by what I saw from Serena Williams. Like I said before, she acted more like a bitter, vengeful, woman with a serious anger-management issue, than a 3 time US Open champion. I hope that she is fined for her outburst, and maybe even a temporary ban from some of the tournaments.

Serena's outburst shouldn't be tolerated and what would it say about the WTA if they just allowed one of their players to get away with something like this. It would show where their priorities really are and how little they care about the lines people who are trying to do their job.