US Open 2009 women's semi-final. Tennis rules need to be altered. Why? Consider this, if you hit your own racket on the ground, and break it, you get a warning (code conduct violation). If you yell and threaten a line umpire, you also get a warning... what? I think the later is more serious, and should get higher penalty.
We all lose temper while playing, agreed, its part of sports. But, first of all, yelling and threatning an umpire should get a higher penalty (as in soccer, a referee can show you a red card, end of game for you). However, the biggest disappointment, rather shame, was on Serena's part, when she did not apologize during the after-match press conference. She didn't think that she had over-reacted. I was furious. She showed that well, she might have great skills to play tennis, but does not have enough character to be called a great player.
BTW, the argument that a foot fault should not be called in the first place is completely absurd, reminds me of "a bad workman quarrels with his tools".
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