Venus Williams loses in Parma, complaining: ‘I can’t control God’
Venus Williams has yet to win on clay this season Venus Williams told the umpire “I can’t control God” after getting a time violation during heavy winds in a loss to Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in Parma. The American, 40, took the first set 7-5 despite being 5-2 down to the Slovak. But gusty conditions then forced her to take her time on serve, resulting in the time violation and a confrontation with the chair umpire. “I’m just saying that wind blows and there is nothing I can do about that,” she told the umpire. “I can’t control God, talk to...
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