Comments on: Serena Williams – Indian Wells never again

By: Intelligentia

Intelligentia — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:51:53 +0000

It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees-Source forgtten.

I'm glad Serena and Venus never let these racist bullies force them into anything.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:41:10 +0000

'Chad' that us untrue. It was a racial attack. After reading Serena's autobiography and reading her view on this event it was really horrible. She was 19 and she was trying to come out of her sister's shadow. They were booing the Williams camp and Serena and no Venus was injured, she ruled herself out playing way before the match was due to start. Good for both of them to not go back.

By: Marianne Brownie

Marianne Brownie — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:31:08 +0000

The Williams sisters should never play at Indian Wells again, also Mr. Williams should sue WTA for ever thing they have if the sisters are force to play at Indian Wells. In todays society no race,sex or religion should abe subjected to such predjuice. I am proud of the William sister and I am proud of all the other sports people who put much training and effort into their careers no matter what their race or other differences are. I am ashame of WTA and won't be in tune to any thing produce at Indian Wells 12-09

By: chad

chad — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:10:11 +0000

they were booing the williams camp….it wasn't racial you stupid people….venus would have played had anyone other than serena been the opponent…..the williams sisters are divas….outstanding athletes yes….the father is an ass…..racism is everywhere but this was not racism…..this was disappointment and reaction to the williams attitude and lack of respect….

By: Levon Goodman

Levon Goodman — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:20:40 +0000

Indian Wells was racist for expecting Serena to play Venus in the semis.

White players fake last minute injuries all the time to avoid a match against their siblings.

Why boo the Williams'?

Serena, this is an injustice and you should speak truth to power! To really prove your point, you and Venus should boycott all tournaments for a whole year.

By: Liv

Liv — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:28:10 +0000

I fully support Vee and Serena and encourage them to continue boycotting Indian Wells. I remember so clearly the last time they played there. Venus was forced to retire because of an injury she had re-aggravated during her match. For some reason that classless Indian Wells crowd got the notion that Venus quit to let Serena get a shot at winning. When Vee's retirement was announced, the crowd became very irate. They began calling the Willams family all kinds of racial slurs and other names. It was a very ugly scene. The Williams sisters were clearly upset and shaken from this. The media, Indian Wells and WTA tried to pass it off as nothing. To this day, the media is yet to report the truth, and Indian Wells and the WTA are yet to apologize to the Williams family.

I recall two other incidents with rude American fans. The US Open, American player Venus Williams was booed and jeered by an American crowd in favor of French player Amelie Muresmo. Stunning. Even Amelie was amazed by that. Only Martina Navratilova called it was it was.

The Sony Ericsson Open, Serena Williams was called the constantly being heckled and call the N-word and by an American fan. The Chair Umpire refused to do anything about it until Serena stop play and demand that that person be removed.

I just don't understand why these wonderfully gifted American tennis players are looked upon with such venom. Of course, I hear all the petty excuses many offer up. Still, those excuses don't hold water because the Williams sisters don't say or do anything less than the any of the other tennis players on tour. I've heard and watch them all say and do the same thing.

My word, I'm amaze how some American fans treat the Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova as if she's an American. Well, she's not.

As for the WTA, if you can stand up for Israeli Shahar Peer, I expect you to do the damn same for Venus and Serena Williams too!

By: delois

delois — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:52:09 +0000

for the person, that talked about the jews, the blacks of america did not do this HITLER did it, now i am a black american, and i believe they should return for one time, and win, the best revenge is LIVING WELL, that means take the money and be happy, i see the tournament went all out whe s peer was denied a visa to play in dubai, and i dont understand why, she had did no wrong, so whi didn't they apologize to the williams, i dont know, maybe they thought being called names was alright, since they were cheating them out of matches, i am probably alone, but go back with a vengeance, and take it all, after 2010 they will put more rules, and eventually they will pay or play, and after the 1st suspension, it will only esclates to bigger fines and longers suspensions, they have done to much to go out like that.

By: leo

leo — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:13:50 +0000

I just watched the video on YouTube, and I think for every person who has an objective stand, (as for me, I am an Asian living in Europe, I think I am objective enough to say), the way the crowd behaved is TOTALLY UNBEARABLE! But I am not suprised, u always see in different media Americans saying proudly that they are proud of their country coz freedom is there. But the fact is that people are discriminated by their color as Williams were treated; people are discriminated and even deprived of the right to live their life the way they want, as the "incredible" No.8 event (if u don't like the way others choose at lease do not stop them from being themselves).
I believe one thing: one do not have to repeat how he/she is or put a tag on his/her own if he/she really is that way. So some people should really re-think, what is freedom and where it is?
So, support for the Williams, and sad for the people who are still living in their own world.

By: klaus

klaus — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:39:22 +0000

The Williams sisters would do well to avoid Indian Wells ever again. Serena screwed hundreds of fans out of the final. How can you defend that she was really injured when she went on to win the Miami tournament the very next week, HUH????
She is a real quitter. A true champion, aka Agassi, did you ever see him forfeit a match? No, he would play through the pain.
The Williams sister will get booed if they ever return to Indian Wells and they deserve it!!!

By: Francois

Francois — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:08:07 +0000

Can you just shut up all of you who are thinking that Venus and Serena should just forget and play IW again? That should not and would not happen unless the WTA and the IW organizers dress a public apology to Willams' sisters to what happened in 2001; and have to ensure that this will never happen again. If something like that comes to occur there will be mesures in place in order to avoid that and sanction whoever did that.
Because it look like to me that the Indiana wells tournment and the WTA seem not to understand what happened did affect a lot and it should be condemne seriously and Venus and Serena do deserve a public apology.