Serena Williams
holds up her runner-up trophy after losing to
Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, in a final at the
BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Sunday,
March 20, 2016, in Indian Wells, Calif. Azarenka
won 6-4, 6-4. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Indian Wells CEO Raymond Moore made
reprehensible, sexist comments about women’s
tennis before Sunday’s final at the BNP Paribas
Open.
He later apologized in a statement.
Well, Serena Williams wasn’t going to look past
Moore’s remarks.
She fired back at Moore following her 6-4, 6-4
defeat in the final to Victoria Azarenka.
Williams said via ESPN:
“Obviously, I don’t think any woman should be
down on their knees thanking anybody like that. I
think Venus [Williams], myself, a number of
players have been — if I could tell you every day
how many people say they don’t watch tennis
unless they’re watching myself or my sister, I
couldn’t even bring up that number. So I don’t
think that is a very accurate statement. I think
there is a lot of women out there who are more …
are very exciting to watch. I think there are a lot of
men out there who are exciting to watch. I think it
definitely goes both ways. I think those remarks
are very much mistaken and very, very, very
inaccurate.”
Williams also didn’t buy that Moore’s statements
could have been taken out of context.
“Well, if you read the transcript, you can only
interpret it one way. I speak very good English.
I’m sure he does too. You know, there’s only one
way to interpret that. Get on your knees, which is
offensive enough, and thank a man, which is not
— we, as women, have come a long way. We
shouldn’t have to drop to our knees at any point.”
Spot on, Serena. Spot on.
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