Source: www.thestar.com - Saturday, January 31, 2015
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA—Serena Williams stuck out a fist in mock triumph and mouthed “C’mon,” careful not to push her point too far. The 33-year-old Williams was closing in on her 19th Grand Slam singles title, 16th straight win over Maria Sharapova and sixth Australian Open championship when she was docked a point by the chair umpire for hindrance —yelling in celebration too early when she thought she’d hit a service winner. She didn’t let that, or another early celebration on match point, or a hacking cough that made her sick, become distractions. Instead, Williams maintained her composure to beat Sharapova 6-3, 7-6 (5) on Saturday to stay perfect in finals at Melbourne Park and move closer to Steffi Graf’s record of 22 major titles in the Open era. “I got too excited and I hit a great serve . . . I didn’t expect her to get it back,” Williams explained of the hindrance call in the seventh game of the second set. “I said ‘C’mon’ a little too soon. I guess there’s a rule that you can’t do it. So I’m fine with it. I moved on very fast to the next point, just tried to stay as focused as I could.” The muted fist pump, she said, was just for fun. “I’m like, ‘C’mon.’ It just goes to show you I have more fun on the court. I would have never done that three years ago, four years ago,” said Williams, who has let similar calls upset her in the past, “so I just kind of made a little sarcasm after that.” On her third match point, she let her r
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA—Serena Williams stuck out a fist in mock triumph and mouthed “C’mon,” careful not to push her point too far. The 33-year-old Williams was closing in on her 19th Grand Slam singles title, 16th straight win over Maria Sharapova and sixth Australian Open championship when she was docked a point by the chair umpire for hindrance —yelling in celebration too early when she thought she’d hit a service winner. She didn’t let that, or another early celebration on match point, or a hacking cough that made her sick, become distractions. Instead, Williams maintained her composure to beat Sharapova 6-3, 7-6 (5) on Saturday to stay perfect in finals at Melbourne Park and move closer to Steffi Graf’s record of 22 major titles in the Open era. “I got too excited and I hit a great serve . . . I didn’t expect her to get it back,” Williams explained of the hindrance call in the seventh game of the second set. “I said ‘C’mon’ a little too soon. I guess there’s a rule that you can’t do it. So I’m fine with it. I moved on very fast to the next point, just tried to stay as focused as I could.” The muted fist pump, she said, was just for fun. “I’m like, ‘C’mon.’ It just goes to show you I have more fun on the court. I would have never done that three years ago, four years ago,” said Williams, who has let similar calls upset her in the past, “so I just kind of made a little sarcasm after that.” On her third match point, she let her rfrom Top News on RSS Feeds http://ift.tt/1HzlLPn
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