TENNIS
Serena Williams threatened to sue Wimbledon after falling on wet Centre Court grass
Serena Williams threatened to sue Wimbledon if the Centre Court roof was not closed as drizzle fell during her match against Svetlana Kuznetsova. The reigning ladies champion was unhappy to play on at 5-5 in a tight first set of the fourth-round match with the grass becoming slippery.
Umpire Marija Cicak came down from her chair to discuss the situation with both players, first Williams and then her Russian opponent. Williams was heard to say: ‘I’m going to fall. I don’t get it. Can’t they just close the roof?’ Cicak’s response was inaudible, before Williams then said:
‘If I get hurt, I’m suing.’ All across Wimbledon, they were playing on. Not a single umbrella was reached for. But on Centre Court Williams was virtually on strike. Her radar was alert to the faintest specks of rain and to the greater chance of her own redemption in a fourth-round match against that was turning into an ordeal.
A break was just what the garlanded American needed to readjust herself and break the Russian’s challenge, with the score locked at 5-5 in a long, hard first set. So desperate was Williams that she threatened ‘to sue’ Wimbledon ‘if I get hurt’ had they failed to bow to her request.
Once play resumed Williams, searching for the 22nd Grand Slam title that would put her level with Steffi Graf’s record, did not lose another game. However, play was later briefly suspended across Wimbledon as the rain became more intense.
Williams said: ‘It was really tricky out there because even though it wasn’t raining hard, it was dewy. You can fall really easy.’ Long after her match, Serena said her comments about a lawsuit were made in ‘the heat of the moment’ and she had no intention of suing anyone.
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