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Serena Williams Does NOT Want to Sue Wimbledon
Serena Williams
became the second player to
threaten litigious repercussions at Wimbledon this year
, but the six-time Wimbledon champion quickly backtracked in press, clarifying that her words were said in the heat of the moment.
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Venus Williams Doesn't Want to Prove People Wrong, She Can't Help It
After her 7-5, 6-0 victory over
Svetlana Kuznetsova
on Monday, Williams met with reporters and was quickly hit with questions about her on-court verbal volley.
She was asked whether she felt that Wimbledon was doing a good job of looking out for the welfare of the players, to which she replied curtly: “I think they're doing a great job with that.”
When the questions persisted, Williams quickly put a halt to the dialog in the same manner that she had ended Kuznetsova’s chances of reaching the quarterfinals hours earlier.
“Oh, you guys, don't even try me like that,” she said. ‘I was in the moment. I was on the court. What I say on the court, whether it's smashing my racquets or it's in the heat of the moment... I have no plans, no future of suing Wimbledon. Let's get serious. That's not what I do. That's not what I am.”
She added, just to be sure she was understood: “I'm not answering any more questions about that, nor will I want anyone reporting that either. That's just completely absurd and wrong.”
Earlier in week one, France's
Gilles Simon
had a similar incident occur during his second-round match with
Grigor Dimitrov
. "I don't want to play, when it's raining, on grass. That's it," he was heard saying after struggling to keep his footing in slippery conditions, before adding: "If I play and get injured, I will sue you and you will pay."
Later Simon elaborated to reporters. “I feel the day I'm going to get injured on slippery grass, I'm going to sue everyone in the stadium,” he said.
He added: “So in the match you just see me on TV, like I'm pissed, yes, I'm pissed because I want to destroy [the referee].”
Williams slipped and fell during the first set of her round of 16 victory over Kuznetsova, and luckily she came out of it no worse for the wear. “Playing on the grass is a little tricky because, you know, we don't even start play till 10:00 for practice because of the dew, the morning dew on the grass,” Williams explained. “You can definitely slide. It's very slippery out there.”
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