Quiet Class triumphs over Angry Arrogance

I always thought the Kim Clijsters vs Serena Williams match would be an entertaining one, but this one was unforgettable. Kim kept her head down and played an extremely mature match while Serena struggled against someone who could match her own level. Having smashed a racquet in the first set Williams had earned a warning. As per the official rules, any subsequent warning would result in a single point penalty. Unfortunately, Serena could not contain her anger after a 2nd serve foot fault was called on her to make the score 15-40 in the 12 game of the second set. Once she berated the line judge, the tournament supervisor had no choice but to give another warning which garnered a point penalty giving the match to Clijsters.

Now Williams has never really been one to give her opponents or fellow players much credit or praise. Earlier this year she was very vocal in her disagreement over Safina's ranking and she very seldom blames a loss on anything other than shoddy play.

This may sound harsh toward Serena, but you have to consider everything. From time to time everyone can lose their cool and to be honest Serena only let slip out her mouth what I'm sure tons of players have thought to themselves before. The tragedy came as a result of a compounding effect afterwards. Instead of owning up to her bad choice Serena made no attempt to reconcile or even acknowledge much wrongdoing in the press conference after the match. Perhaps in a day or two Williams will issue an apology. But until then, these two instances of bad behavior show very little class. It may be cliche, but someone think of the children! As a multiple slam winner and hall of fame player literally millions of children look up to Serena. Hopefully she will come to her senses in a few days so that the little ones who idolize her don't learn that just because you are the best does not mean you are allowed to 'shove f*cking balls' down anyone's 'f*cking throat.'