Ruling on Serena's U.S. Open tirade coming soon

I think they should throw the book at her.It would teach her a lesson.Just becaus she's Serena Williams she thinks she can do anything.Suspend her.

I agree with you Freda, Serena has to be suspended. She abused the system as well which is a big slap to the ruling body of professional tennis. What a shame!

When you look at the history of pampered millionaire lawyered up professional players in sports, money is nothing to them. The only thing that gets their attention is to take them out of their sport for an amount of time and for longer times each ensuing infraction.

There is a huge difference between saying "You are the pits" and "I'll stuff this racquet down your throat." The first would get a roll-of-the-eyes from a cop, while the latter would get you arrested for assault. All sports must make examples of criminal behavior -- whether verbal or physical -- as soon as they happen, not weeks or months afterwards. Nobody needed to "go to the tape" to see what Serena did, nor does anyone need such to view high sticking in hockey or a blatant after-the-play-was-over hit in football. The sooner the punishments are handed down, the sooner the wake-up call will be made, and the sooner juvenile, playground -- if not gang-banger -- behavior will stop. The players want a rest? Okay! Give Serena a six-month suspension from all paid play, which includes all appearance money (it'd be interesting to know which advertisers will keep her on after that!).

It would be racist to punish her at all.

She should get a free pass.

why do alot of people like mjaym cry racist? because shes black, give me a break, what if she was white, then what would it be called?

jeff wrote:

why do alot of people like mjaym cry racist? because shes black, give me a break, what if she was white, then what would it be called?

A hate crime.

I hope that she is not punished more.
She lost her cool it is true.
But she has been a fair player, a cool girl all these years.
She has shown respect for her adversaries.
Let us forgive her this time.

To take the match from Serena was not fair in this sport. I have been watching the US Open for years and have not agree with how they treat the Williams. They place them in the draw to knock one of them out of the Open. Some years they have made very bad line calls on the Williams. This young ladies are representing US all over the whole and we in the US want their blood. Why? They are really nice role models for young ladies to let them know that they can be whatever they want to be. They very giving within the community. I see nothing but positive coming from them. Lets just be human and give them their props for a job well done.

I hope that Serena is given a strict ruling on this outburst of hers that she said was her "passion."
The way she acted was very unprofessional. The way she shook her racket at the lineswoman and cursed at her in such a threating manner was uncalled for.
However, we did learn something from it -- Serena revealed a little of her true self in those few moments.

Even if she had not been defaulted (which, as an ex-USTA ref, I heartily agree with) because of her horrendous language, gang-banger-like threat, and total lack of composure, she could just as easily have received a time warning, if not violation; I'm curious to know why the chair didn't see fit to do that, which might have snapped Serena out of whatever possessed her, and prevented the entire incident (on second thought, she probably would have verbally abused the chair). BTW, kudos to the linesman for doing her job and keeping her composure throughout the incident, looking right back at Serena, cool, calm, and collected, if not defenseless; well done!

Serena in the past has been fair play, rarely challenging calls, respectful of her opponents.
She lost it in the Open and that was definitively a bad behavior. Nevertheless I think she has been punished, has probably learned her lesson and for me the story is over. I am glad that she has not been suspended from the Grand Slams. It would be a first, since many guys have been abusive in the past and never got any suspension.