Serena Williams Complains On Twitter

Tennis FanHouse:

Serena Williams' foot injury has temporarily sidelined the 13-time Grand Slam champion, keeping her from playing in three tournaments in the U.S. Open Series, but it did not prevent her from making headlines on Saturday via her Twitter account.

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Comments

[Loveismreligion]

10:31 PM on 08/05/2010

Racism is alive and well for these ladies in a mostly white sport.

Don't judge until you've walked a mile in thier shoes..

Peace.

[MurrayAbraham]

03:35 PM on 08/05/2010

Has anyone told her twitter isn't like a private diary? That there are people actually reading what you write?

[chaucer1]

01:12 PM on 08/05/2010

Well, at least she didn't threaten anyone--this time.

[audadvnc]

11:35 AM on 08/05/2010

Serena and Venus are amazing! But heck, they're jocks, not journalists. Don't take their on-screen venting so seriously.

[UnknownSolider]

10:20 PM on 08/04/2010

This story is being blown out of proportion........ Serena has a point, but for PR purposes in today's economic climate she probably shouldn't have put it on Twitter....... she should have just said she would be at the ESPN X Games, people would have drawn their own conclusions.

[lmab]

09:51 PM on 08/04/2010

Serena has accomplished so much and has everything one could hope for. It is a shame that she is so bitter and hostile.

[Gintoki]

08:00 PM on 08/05/2010

My respect for her dropped to zero after her 2009 US Open's stunt. What a terrible person, now every time i see her i think what a phony.

[OBAMAMOI]

09:30 PM on 08/04/2010

with her contribution to the sport, she has all the bloody right to complain about the charge!

[MurrayAbraham]

12:30 AM on 08/06/2010

Nonsense. She owes the sport as much as the sport owes her.

[OBAMAMOI]

01:06 AM on 08/06/2010

Nonsensically approached.....

[ghee99]

07:27 PM on 08/04/2010

she complained they wouldnt give her FREE tickets?

she's worth tens of millions (perhaps more)

she's too good to buy them like everyone else?

i normally like her, but in this case, i have to say, what arrogance!

[jean22]

12:00 PM on 08/04/2010

Well if Serena can't play in the US Open then it's not worth watching. That's the only reason I and 99% of people I know watch, because of the Williams sisters.

[Gintoki]

08:02 PM on 08/05/2010

99% of the people i know avoid watching those two play tennis.

[jean22]

05:54 PM on 08/09/2010

How many people you know ...two? It's well known that Venus and Serena have increased viewership the sport of tennis...a sports lots of folks found prior to the arrival of the Williams sisters extremely dry and EXTREMELY boring.

[huffyISaHottie]

07:18 AM on 08/04/2010

her sister appears to be a much more graceful lady

[moonlitedelight]

10:39 AM on 08/04/2010

Both of them are equally gracious, in my opinion. The non-stop snide remarks, the racism, the out and out cheering of AMERICANS for foreign opponents would have the average person in defensive mode far more often than these girls are. I am amazed and impressed with their level of restraint and graciousness. Their parents raised them well.

[Darreg]

06:52 PM on 08/04/2010

I agree. I'm surprised Serena and Venus aren't nastier and I would support them in their nastiest considering the horrific treatment they put up with from the media, other players, and so-called tennis fans, particularly when they first entered the pro scene.

[hopefull2008]

03:21 PM on 08/03/2010

Latrell Sprewell agrees with her wholeheartedly

[lmab]

02:28 PM on 08/03/2010

Rold r@ge.

[veritas88]

11:36 PM on 08/03/2010

fail. learn to spell.

[cherieamour]

11:45 PM on 08/03/2010

....LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!....

[lmab]

07:06 PM on 08/04/2010

Fail. Punctuation.

[CurvedCorner]

11:03 AM on 08/03/2010

What Serena did wasn't in the best interest of the sport.

[Paros]

10:56 AM on 08/03/2010

I get her complaint - you do something for a commercial entity, lend your name (which in Serena's case is HUGE) and you ask (expect) for something in return. Not an out of the ordinary expectation. I hear very similar expectations expressed on a mundane level almost daily.

But when it comes out publicly on Twitter it looks like a wealthy, privileged (esp. in the tennis world) giant complaining about being treated like everyone else - having to pay for tickets.

Probably not a great PR move for Serena and though she is quiet the whiner, I think Serena has a reasonable complaint here, she just should have kept it private.

[V-day]

04:14 PM on 08/03/2010

Very fair comment. You shoud be a judge.

[StaggerLee]

02:37 PM on 08/04/2010

Yes they have to be paid for every little thing they do...it's the American way. It's also why we are going down the tubes.

[Dr Confuso]

10:54 AM on 08/03/2010

A multi-millionaire tennis player moaning over a hundred dollars.....how obscene. This spoiled rotten whiner needs to get over herself.

[veritas88]

11:37 PM on 08/03/2010

you're obsessing with criticizing Serena. how small is your life?

[lmab]

09:52 AM on 08/05/2010

You're obsessing with criticizing people who criticize Serena. How small is your life?
Capitalization.

[veritas88]

11:37 PM on 08/03/2010

*obsessed.

[Dr Confuso]

09:52 AM on 08/04/2010

If she continues to put herself in the news by acting like a spoiled fool, then I'll continue to comment. Thats how this HuffPost thing works you know.

[lmab]

10:00 PM on 08/04/2010

Indeed.....you are obsessed.