Reply #129: Well, here was my own personal reaction to the news.

[johnaries]

I love Serena and her sister. I've watched them both in interviews and watched them in matches simply because I loved them both as individuals. When I heard about Serena's rant, I thought to myself "oh, no, Serena! Say it's not true. I know you're better than that!" Later, she apologized, and I thought, "ok, everyone breaks down under stress sometimes. No big deal."

When I heard about Fedora, Ferreir, Federer, or whatever his name is I thought "Who? Oh, yeah, he's that tennis guy. He's a hot-head? Jerk."

So, maybe I applied a double-standard, but it had nothing to do with sex, race, etc. It was because I expected more of Serena.

As far as I'm concerned: she fucked up and lost it. She was penalized for it. She's sorry. Story over. Let's move on.