Serena Not So Serene
News — By Patricia on June 1, 2009 at 8:24 pmTennis superstar Serena Williams has accused her Spanish opponent Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of cheating at the French Open this past weekend.
Quote from Times Online:
Controversy came on the pivotal point in the fifth game of the first set. Martinez Sanchez sent a backhand drop shot over the net and Williams drilled a threatening volley right at her head which is very much a legitimate tactic in any level of tennis. Martinez Sanchez instinctively lifted her hands to protect her face. Replays showed the ball hit her right wrist, the free hand since she is a lefty, but the ball ricocheted over the net and Joseph called it a point for the Spaniard.
Williams could not believe her misfortune. She immediately reminded French umpire Emmanuel Joseph that the rules of tennis clearly state when the ball hits a player’s body, he or she immediately loses the point.
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she’s right; you can’t touch the ball. the cameras have taken a lot of the drama out of tennis, but you still have the occasional questions about the rules.