NOT WILLING
Watch tennis legend Venus Williams SNUB handshake with umpire after being dumped out of Wimbledon
VENUS WILLIAMS snubbed a handshake with the umpire after being dumped out of Wimbledon.
It was a tough day at the office for the 43-year-old American.
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She took an early lead before taking a horror fall and injuring her right knee, limping through to lose 6-4 6-3 to fellow wildcard Elina Svitolina on Centre Court.
But the match ended in controversy, though.
On match point to Svitolina, the Ukrainian hit a deep forehand return that was called out as Williams could only parry the tennis ball downwards into the grass, thinking she had won the point.
However, Svitolina challenged and Hawk Eye proved the ball was in having caught the line.
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And the umpire then announced: "Game, set, match Svitolina," much to the shock of five-time winner Williams.
Venus thought she should have been able to replay the point but the umpire deemed the call to have had no impact on her inability to get the ball back into court.
And she responded by laughing, shaking her head and knocking her spare ball away.
Williams walked gingerly to the net and shook hands with a stunned-looking Svitolina.
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But rather than following the customary tradition of shaking hands with the chair umpire, Williams gave her a wry smile and walked straight past her continuing to shake her head.
She then packed her bags and headed off court, waving to the Wimbledon crowd for potentially the final time.
The world No558 was making her 24th singles appearance at Wimbledon - winning the title in 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2008.
Williams - whose bold two-piece outfit certainly divided opinion on social media - said: "I completely disagreed with the call. It was just that kind of day."
On the slip, she added: "Grass is inherently going to be slippery. You're going to fall at some point. It was just bad luck for me.
"I started the match perfectly. I was literally killing it, then I got killed by the grass!
"It's not fun right now. I felt like I was in great form coming into this tournament, and great form in the match. It's all very shocking at the moment. This is sports."
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