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American media turn on "classless" Serena By Simon Cambers
Wed Sep 5, 4:39 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The American media turned on Serena Williams on
Wednesday, labeling the former world number one as "classless" and
"graceless" after her sullen reaction to her U.S. Open exit at the hands of
Justine Henin.

Top seed Henin beat the American 7-6 6-1 in the quarter-finals for the third
consecutive grand-slam event on Tuesday but a despondent Williams gave the
Belgian scant praise.

"I just think she made a lot of lucky shots and I made a lot of errors,"
Williams said at her news conference.

"I really don't feel like talking about it. It's like I don't want to get
fined. That's the only reason I came. I can't afford to pay the fines because
I keep losing."

Players who fail to appear for post-match news conferences face fines from
tennis officials.

Williams's words and manner were greeted with widespread disdain.

"(Williams) met the media afterward like a rattlesnake meets a ground
squirrel," wrote Bill Dwyre, in the Los Angeles Times.

"If anybody was expecting perspective afterward, or maybe a gracious nod to a
better effort by an opponent, forget it. We had sullen Serena. Snippy Serena.
Snarly Serena."

In the New York Times, under the headline, "Williams needs a lesson in
etiquette," Selena Roberts wrote: "Who's classless now?

"The grumpy, borderline nasty disposition that Williams displayed after her
loss was a little jarring considering she had her own lack of preparation to
blame for giving in so easily to Henin.

"Serena was bitter, angry and upset. She directed some of that at Henin. Who
could use charm school now?"

In an interview with USA Network, which hosts television coverage of the U.S.
Open, John Wertheim, the senior writer for Sports Illustrated magazine,
described Serena's reaction as "stunning."

"There's a lot to admire about Serena but this happens again and again where
we just have these completely graceless post-match (news conferences). Lucky
shots? I think she means winners."

Onthebaseline.com, which specializes in women's tennis news, said Williams
should probably have skipped the news conference.

"Serena's public relations department would have done better to pay the fine
themselves than to allow their charge to disgrace herself as she did last
night," it said.

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雖然主要講小威
但因為與我們的"lucky" justine有關所以貼來給大家看
...美國媒體對自己人還是很狠的.....

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