Rafael Nadal beat Fernando Gonzalez pretty quickly to win 7-6, 7-6, 6-0 in a match that began Thursday evening.Gonzalez who seemed not getting enough warm-up kept looking at the sky and scoreboard, perhaps was looking for a sign of rain.
It started to drizzle a bit and Gonzalez sought treatment from a trainer for his feet but that didn't help to delay his lost to Nadal for another day.
Light shower continued through the evening but I was glad that both women's singles semifinals finally took off.Kim Clijsters reached the final by beating Serena Williams 6-4, 7-5.
Kimmie, I'm sorry I stole the limelight from you tonight.However the match was marred by controversy after Serena was docked a point for yelling at an official who called a foot fault.
I may look very calm on the outside but guess what, I'm shit scared of Serena inside.
The line judge reported it to the chair umpire which led to the chair umpire awarding a point to Clijsters, ending the match.
Serena already had been given a code violation warning when she broke her racket after losing the first set.
At the press conference, Serena denied she threatened to 'kill the line judge' and it was unnecessary to apologize to the lady. You can read the full transcript here.
In another women's semifinal that took place at the same time, Caroline Wozniacki's victory was overshadowed by the controversy.Wozniacki will play in her first Grand Slam final after defeated Yanina Wickmayer 6-3, 6-3.
Here's Sunday's order of play on day 14 at the U.S. Open (prefix denotes seeding):
(Starts at 12:00 PM)
1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) v 4-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
3-Rafael Nadal (Spain) v 6-Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina)
9-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) v Kim Clijsters (Belgium)
(Images via Yahoo! Sports)
3 comment(s):
Wasn't she given the 2nd code violation due to audible profanities rather than yelling at the linejudge ?
That was the reason why the US TV feed replayed the incident from the footfault to the tongue lashing without the audio as it would have transgressed current FTC guidelines on content that can be aired.
The foot fault at second serve resulted in 15-40 (since a foot fault at first serve would have led to the second serve). Thereafter, the code violation led to game, set and match for Clijsters.
According to source, a code violation was issued for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Anyway let's wait for the officials who will investigate Serena today.
Serena was fined US10k. She deserved it, I mean the fine.
I watch the footage many times and the way she hold her racket and scream to the line judge, that doesn't look like she's protesting the call, she was abusive and threathening.
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