Serena Williams
The racquets smashed by Marcos Baghdatis in last night’s Australian Open outburst have spoken out exclusively about the pain, the hurt and the trauma of racquet abuse.
“This sort of thing should never be tolerated,” said a severely twisted and broken T-Flash 315 Speedflex who preferred to remain anonymous.
“I don’t care if you’re at the Australian Open, Wimbledon or the Kazakhstan Invitational,” the racquet said. “It is simply never acceptable to abuse a racquet in this way.
What happened
On the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, you wouldn’t have thought an American would be booed by their own crowd at a major sporting event in New York City. Yet Serena Williams achieved exactly this.

In normal circumstances, the story of the day would have been Sam Stosur’s straight sets US Open victory, which made her the first Ausralian woman in to win a Grand Slam event since Evonne Goolagong Cawley won Wimbledon way back in 1981.
But Williams changed the whole tone of the event with a foul outburst at the umpire. Among other filth she said “You’re out of control” and “You’re a hater, and you’re just unattractive inside.” We just wish the umpire had returned serve with that old schoolyard taunt “I know you are but what am I?”
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LJ Dots says:
Well played Alf and badrinath. Two sets all. Tiebreaker. Read more »
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Anthony Sharwood says:
ok used my fingers. you’re right. I claim the “i wrote this on friday arvo” exception Read more »
Talented, graceful Gold Coaster Sam Stosur has won her maiden grand slam title against probably the most ill-tempered so-called sportsperson ever to play any game.

Stosur beat Williams 6-2 6-3 in an incredible display of power tennis, launching blistering forehand after forehand, as Serena Williams resorted to umpire abuse in a vain attempt to disrupt her opponent.
Incredibly, on America’s day of national mourning, the Williams antics backfired and the New York crowd turned against one of its own. The Big Apple knows a bad apple when it sees one.
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Angry Fat Bitch says:
The $1.8M is just the prize money. Do you have any idea how much both Williams and Stosur make yearly from endorsements and sponsorships? Stosur already makes something close to $300K per year from endorsements, which are set to rise now that she’s a champion. And Williams not only has… Read more »
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Emma says:
Go Stosur! I love how her right arm is noticeably way bigger than her left. All those winning forehands! Read more »
This afternoon non-Aussie Kim Clijsters became the first person to win the US Open from a wild card entry and the first mother to win a Grand Slam since Evonne Goolagong in 1980. Her victory was cool on so many levels - not least of all she let her racquet do the talking - and not by throwing it at a lineswoman.

Clijsters made it into the final after beating Serena Williams in the match that could cost Williams her popularity. The sight of one of the most successful tennis players of all time baring down on a tiny lines woman after a fair and square ruling of foot fault was ugly to say the least.
But Clijsters kept her cool, and just five weeks after returning to the circuit from a 27-month break she was back - the woman we were once so close to being able to claim as our own.
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Arthur Potter says:
The only aspect of her amazing story you can focus on is that she was once involved with an Australian? That’s utterly pathetic. Oh, and she’s married to an American, not a European. Read more »
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ShaneO says:
Fantastic! She’s still ‘Aussie Kim’ as far as I am concerned! The fact the she didn’t marry Hewitt shows her excellent judgement. How gorgeous to see her daughter when she received her trophy! I am soooo not a tennis fan but it’s good to see a ‘real’ person win and… Read more »
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