The Wiliams sisters prove themselves to be trash

Serena is pregnant.

on her day Justine Henin can be the equivalent to Roger Federer, just as a true artist

and then on any other day she can be the most rotten player around

her technique is her gift and then when it doesn't click it is a misery to witness

Whenever Serena or Venus lose they will...

1.) totally disrespect the effort of their opponet, i.e. the other peson "got lucky".

2.) make some BS injury excuse

Sometimes both.

Happens ever single time.

I cannot believe that people are not talking about this more. I saw on tv where after Serena lost, she told everyone that she cannot "afford" to lose.

This is a similar comment to Latrell Sprewell a few years ago stating that he cannot afford to feed his family.

Serena makes about $25 mil/year from tennis and endorsements.

Meanwhile, there is some guy that makes $50k/year that is trying to scrape up the absurd amount of $ that it costs to go and see a match at the Open.

Serena's comment about Justine winning because of lucky shots is one of the poorest displays of sportsmanship that I have seen in a while.

While Venus is a step above Serena, their sad attempts at excuses makes their post interviews after defeat both sad but strangely entertaining.

el Miguel wrote:

Whenever Serena or Venus lose they will...

1.) totally disrespect the effort of their opponet, i.e. the other peson "got lucky".

2.) make some BS injury excuse

Sometimes both.

Happens ever single time.

Maybe they eat the same pie as Jose Morinho

Odd how no one points out that among the elite female tennis players, Justine Henin is the least gracious of all, week after month after year.

Examples?

Justine has a history of being uptight in interviews but I can't remember poor sportsmanship.

Win or lose, you should respect your opponent and your sport by saying and doing the right things. I'm not saying you can't be pissed about losing, but keep it together when the lights are still on. If you want to commiserate with family/friends/significant other later, no problem, just show respect when it's called for.

It was like Sergio Garcia whining after choking away the British Open. I lost any remaining respect I had for him after that episode.

You guys seem to favor a white foreigner (Belgian) over a black American; isn't that racist and anti-American?

So bad behavior and poor sportsmanship is OK when a black person does it but not when a white person does? Isn't that a little racist of you?

The William Sisters are good. They carry a great deal of confidence, losing is not in their blood, due to their fathers training. Its just like when certain athletes make excuses for losing, when you lose, you arent happy about it. I Always go for the Sisters, but i would like them to focus mainly on tennis and nothing else. But when they are on...and everyone else is on...they are the best, you cant argue that.

fstknynrunner wrote:

But when they are on...and everyone else is on...they are the best, you cant argue that.

Sure I can.

When it's Webb or Ritz who got their ass kicked and give lame excuses you crackers don't critize them; I feel some bias on this thread

Bekele rules wrote:

When it's Webb or Ritz who got their ass kicked and give lame excuses you crackers don't critize them; I feel some bias on this thread

I can only assume this is a joke, because anyone who regularly visits Letsrun knows this isn't the case.

I agree wholeheardedly - I've never seen ANY critisism of Webb {insert sarcasm here}

I think its racist to claim that you can't be against the Williams girls. They are immature poor sports and I will not root for that. They deserved to get their public spanking by Henin.

As far as Webb, he didn't blame others he only blamed himself way too much.

this thread is exhibit A for splitting the forum into running and non-running. what a waste.