{"id":12904,"date":"2009-09-14T08:21:20","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T12:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.IreneEng.com\/?p=12904"},"modified":"2009-09-14T08:21:20","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T12:21:20","slug":"apologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=12904","title":{"rendered":"Her apology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Serena made a statement on Sunday after the foot fault incident<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Last night everyone could truly see the passion I have for my job. Now that I have had time to gain my composure, I can see that while I don\u2019t agree with the unfair line call, in the heat of battle I let my passion and emotion get the better of me and as a result handled the situation poorly. I would like to thank my fans and supporters for understanding that I am human and I look forward to continuing the journey, both professionally and personally, with you all as I move forward and grow from this experience.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No remorse, deemed the media.<\/p>\n

So she made an apology today<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hey guys!!!<\/p>\n

I want to amend my press statement of yesterday, and want to make it clear as possible – I want to sincerely apologize FIRST to the lines woman, Kim Clijsters, the USTA, and tennis fans everywhere for my inappropriate outburst. I’m a woman of great pride, faith and integrity, and I admit when I’m wrong.<\/p>\n

I need to make it clear to all young people that I handled myself inappropriately and it’s not the way to act — win or lose, good call or bad call in any sport, in any manner.<\/p>\n

I like to lead by example. We all learn from experiences both good and bad. I will learn and grow from this, and be a better person as a result.<\/p>\n

Xxxx,
\nS\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Was the line judge a volunteer? Did the judge know all the rules? Why couldn’t USTA spend little to hire someone who’s competent? Her conduct on court was unsportsmanlike. But why would major player tolerate a quasi-professional? And as if she never got a bad call<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As the USTA officials are saying that they’re launching an investigation, an INVEStigation!! – to decide if to levy more fines or even suspects Serena. It’s bogus. What\u2019s there to investigate? The sisters are playing ladies doubles final – they won 6:2 n 6:2. Higher TV rating to have them in the tourney? Without Serena and Venus, what else do they have to offer? I know the limit shelve life the top players have, but the sisters are sure could dominate the tennis for few more years.<\/p>\n

Serena was provoked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Serena made a statement on Sunday after the foot fault incident. “Last night everyone could truly see the passion I have for my job. Now that I have had time to gain my composure, I can see that while I don\u2019t agree with the unfair line call, in the heat of battle I let my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,19],"class_list":["post-12904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-tennis","tag-us-open"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}