Mesh Tennis

Damn, the press really wants to know who this guy was! At least it wasn’t some rude American, right? Crazy Australians.

Q. Have you looked any more into the allegations that someone in your camp was flashing sunlight off their watch into your opponent’s face yesterday?

SERENA WILLIAMS: Oh, yeah. I don’t know why there were so many stories about that. I found it quite funny. My whole career I’ve been a professional player. The young man is a close friend of mine. He’s a fan of tennis. He plays himself. He’s been wearing that watch every day. I think everyone in the stands wears a watch.

It’s just crazy. I don’t know why there’s even stories about it.

Q. It wasn’t deliberate on his part?

SERENA WILLIAMS: I mean, why would it be? There’s absolutely no reason for that to happen. I just think it’s another story for people to fabricate and run off on. There’s always something like that.

Q. Who is he?

SERENA WILLIAMS: Just a good friend of mine. I’ve known him for several years, since he’s been like 12 years old. He’s Aussie.

Q. He travels with you quite a bit?

SERENA WILLIAMS: No. He just always comes to the Australian Open because he’s Aussie. He came. He visited America for the first time a couple years ago. We had a lot of fun.

Q. What is his name?

SERENA WILLIAMS: I don’t think all that is necessary. I just think it’s crazy that this was even brought up. There’s so many watches. There’s so many people in the stands that wear watches and things like that. It’s just completely outrageous. It’s silly. Come on. It’s always something. This is just another thing.

Q. If we accept the allegations are pretty stupid, would you have a chat to him and say take the watch off just to avoid the nonsense?

SERENA WILLIAMS: I don’t see why he should take it off. No one saw the glare. I never saw the glare. If anything, it would have affected me. I never saw the glare. Vaidisova said she never saw the glare. What more is there to say?

As of now, I’m not answering any more questions about a god‑dang watch. This is stupid. Is there any more questions you want to ask me?

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