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Serena Williams Complains On Twitter

First Posted: 10/02/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:15 PM ET

Serena Williams 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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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 he...
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 he...
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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.
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?
01:12 PM on 08/05/2010
Well, at least she didn't threaten anyone--this time.
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.
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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.
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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.
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
Nature does nothing useless
09:30 PM on 08/04/2010
with her contribution to the sport, she has all the bloody right to complain about the charge!
12:30 AM on 08/06/2010
Nonsense. She owes the sport as much as the sport owes her.
OBAMAMOI
Nature does nothing useless
01:06 AM on 08/06/2010
Nonsensically approached.....
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!
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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.
08:02 PM on 08/05/2010
99% of the people i know avoid watching those two play tennis.
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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.
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huffyISaHottie
Nothing about me is micro;).
07:18 AM on 08/04/2010
her sister appears to be a much more graceful lady
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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.
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.
03:21 PM on 08/03/2010
Latrell Sprewell agrees with her wholeheartedly
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lmab
02:28 PM on 08/03/2010
Rold r@ge.
11:36 PM on 08/03/2010
fail. learn to spell.
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cherieamour
..u may haz cheezburger...
11:45 PM on 08/03/2010
....LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!....
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lmab
07:06 PM on 08/04/2010
Fail. Punctuation.
11:03 AM on 08/03/2010
What Serena did wasn't in the best interest of the sport.
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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.
04:14 PM on 08/03/2010
Very fair comment. You shoud be a judge.
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StaggerLee
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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.
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Dr Confuso
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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.
11:37 PM on 08/03/2010
you're obsessing with criticizing Serena. how small is your life?
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lmab
09:52 AM on 08/05/2010
You're obsessing with criticizing people who criticize Serena. How small is your life?
Capitalization.
11:37 PM on 08/03/2010
*obsessed.
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Dr Confuso
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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.
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lmab
10:00 PM on 08/04/2010
Indeed.....you are obsessed.