behavior of audience in Henin-Williams game
The lack of sensitivity the audience showed was insulting and gave a very bad impression of the french/belgian people in the eyes of tennis fans in the world. Henin was asked by the press so many questions about the audience's behaviour, thinking she would refer negatively to it, but no, she would only say "a little bit annoying" well in my eyes it was rude, cruel and unjust. what really surprises me is how cold was the judge who only said "S'il vous plait" all the time. well, I suppose he was too in favor of henin, and thought it would be enough to make a slight polite remark and nothing more. Unbelivable !!! Shame on you ! thinking of what happened there makes me want to vomit. Just don't be mistaken, I wanted Henin to defeat Williams as well.
But to behave like that ...?! Where has European famous courtesy gone to ? SERINA, I am sorry you lost under such unfair sircumstances. You probably could have won if another public had been there. I feel for you !!!
A big champion makes abstraction of the crowd!
I don't see what is the problem with Henin's comment. Henin's biggest diffucilties in the beginning of the French Open was to deal with the crowd and the pressure linked to it. Her comment is just the expression of the fact that she overcame that problem and stay focused on her game. If a player starts noticing that public is unfair or anything non-related with the game, he's lost. If the public is for him, he must rely on it to improve the game. If the public is against him, he must try to make abstraction of it. That's all. 'That's tennis', as Henin said. Serenna has already had the crowd behind her in many occasion. Wind is changing, and will change again. Roland Garros is known for this very particular public. Henin is certainly one of fairest player in the game.
behavior of audience in Henin-Williams game
The French crowd was much worse against Hingis in the 1999 Graf/Hingis final. The world knows they are a rowdy bunch and New Yorkers can be just as bad. Serena lost that match in the first set. She was unprepared going into it and did not expect JH-H to come out with such a great dirtball plan.