Check out Serena William’s tweets during the last 24 hours. You be the judge! What do you think?

For the past several months Serena Williams has been trying very carefully to promote her book in well-planned TV appearances, through blogs and Twitter. However, yesterday she ruined all her months of hard work in a couple of minutes. Yesterday, before her semi-final  match against Kim Clijsters she wrote: “I would like to thank everyone that purchased, “On the Line!” I am on the NYT bestsellers list as number 23! I am honored & very thankful.”

My guess is, that her book sales numbers will be going down. I wonder if people who were planning to buy her book would now change their mind after the “foot fault” incident? Or maybe more people will be intrigued now to buy and read her book? What do you think?

 After Serena Williams yesterday’s theatrics, her name was one of the top ten trending topics in Twitter land. Here are some of the comments that I overheard on Twitter.

1) Feeling very “Serena Williams” this morning, so watch out.

2) Serena Williams should have chanted, “Serenity now!”

3) Serena Williams the next John Mcenroe? One can only hop.

4) My tennis geek head is still reeling from that Serena Williams bitchfest last night. 

5) Serena Williams screams “You lie!” loses a point, and lots of money. Why are tennis players held to higher standards than legislators?

6) Can’t wait to see Serena Williams & Joe Wilson in the same anger management class. I smell sitcom!

7) From USTA: All future Serena Williams matches to be line judged by John McEnroe

“If I could, I would take this f… ball and shove it down your f… throat,” a statement that resulted in a point penalty on match point at the US Open where Serena Williams lost her semi-final match against Kim Clijsters. 

You can’t say this to ANYONE, Serena, no matter who you are!

I am not surprise.

When asked if she should apologize to the lineswoman, Serena said, “An apology? For what? How many people yell at linespeople? “Players, athletes get frustrated. I’m sorry, but a lot of people have said a lot worse.”

True indeed. “Can’t spell DYNASTY without NASTY.” A message Serena communicated “through” her T-shirt which she wore  at her media conference after her third round win.

Lost in the Serena’s drama was Clijsters’ significant victory. It was only her third tournament after 2½ years in retirement. The 26-year-old Belgian became the first mother to reach a Grand Slam final since Evonne Goolagong Cawley won Wimbledon 1980. She will be playing against Caroline Wozniacki for the US Open title.

Ana Ivanovic knows how to enjoy life, AND how to take a vacation when you don’t have any vacation time. The solution is simple–lose in the first round of US Open and VOILA!!! Now you have two weeks of free time to enjoy New York City with your boyfriend golfer Adam Scott.

WHAT? It is not OK to kiss Rafa Nadal? Apparently not! 23-year-old Noam Aorta was arrested at the U.S. Open after running on the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium and giving Rafael Nadal  a nice smooch.“For me, it wasn’t a problem. The guy was really nice,” Nadal said. “He said, ‘I love you,’ and he kissed me.” The kiss might not come cheap to the fan. He faces one year in jail and $5,000 fine for rushing the court. Check out the video here.

Kim Clijsters is back, and my guess is that she has been missing the interaction with her fans around the world. She is quite successfully using many Web 2.0 tools to stay in touch with her fans. Here is how you can read, hear, and watch more about the Belgian star. And most importantly, the information is quite intimate since it’s coming directly from Kim:-) For Kim Clijster’ Web 2.0 presence, visit her redesigned website, become a fan on Facebook, follow her on Twitter, and watch her YouTube channel, where in her recent posting she explains the strange mark on her face that many of you have probably noticed at the US Open.

Melanie Oudin
Saturday, September 5, 2009 — US Open

Q. Five weeks ago you were playing against a kid from Boston College. Now you just beat a former US Open winner on center court. How do you make the transition?
MELANIE OUDIN: It’s not that hard for me ’cause I love playing tennis no matter who I’m playing. Getting to play Maria today was an unbelievable experience for me. She’s such a great competitor, a great player. I just had a blast playing there today. Read more »

As it was expected, Oudinmania has swept the American press. 17-year-old Melanie Oudin pulled off her second upset of the US Open defeating Maria Sharapova 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. Let’s not get carried away, please!!! As Reuters reported, “Maria Sharapova gift-wrapped the match for Oudin by serving up a mind-boggling 21 double faults and committing 63 unforced errors amid perfect conditions on Arthur Ashe Stadium.” If Sharapova were Serena Williams, she would have said Oudin made some “lucky shots and it was up to her to win it or lose it.” But Maria has always been gracious in her interviews. Read Maria Sharapova’s post-match interview after the cut:  Read more »

If  for some reason can’t watch the US Open matches on your TV, try this site (scroll down). It is free. I am so frustrated with Eurosport. It shows the matches live mostly on Eurosport 2 (which we don’t get here in Luxembourg), and then shows only the taped matched next day on the main Eurosport. I don’t understand the concept of taped replay in this information age. Do you?