Serena banned from Aussie Open over nude cover?
Serena’s ESPN cover is supposed to be controversial?
Word on the street is that the International Tennis Federation is considering banning Serena Williams from up to two grand slams over her nude ESPN The Magazine special edition cover (shown above). Seriously!? Check it out:
World number one tennis champ Serena Williams could be stripped of her right to play in the Australian Open in 2010 for baring all for the sports magazine ESPN and for her extraordinary outburst in the U.S. Open semi-finals.
Williams is under an International Tennis Federation investigation and faces a ban of up to two grand slams under the sport?s code of conduct, the Daily Telegraph reports.
Enraged by a foot fault call, Williams threatened the baseline judge with: ?You don?t know me. You better be right. I swear to God I?m going to take this ball and shove it down your throat.?
The lineswoman is believed to have alleged Williams threatened to kill her.
Williams was fined the maximum of 11,300 Australian dollars by on-site authorities after twice breaching code of conduct regulations in a clash with eventual champion Kim Clijsters, of Belgium.
The ITF have the power to strip Williams of more than 500,000 dollars in prize money and impose a ban.
The threat to Williams comes as she bared all and posed nude for the front cover of ESPN Magazine.
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Seriously though, they must be joking. WTF!? I thought Serena’s cover was tasteful. Athletes have always posed nude or semi-nude for publications, so I don’t see what’s wrong with this situation. Hopefully this is just a rumor gone too far.
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