During the 2004 US Open quarter-finals, tennis legend Serena Williams fell victim to many horrible calls during the final set against Jennifer Capriati. This match is quite famous for the number of incorrect line calls that went against the 23-time Grand Slam champion. Recently, a video from the same match is doing rounds on the internet. And tennis fans have not forgotten the wrongdoing that went against the American tennis star.

To reach where she is today, the tennis legend has gone through a lot of difficult times on the tennis court. Starting from match-fixing allegations to having arguments with the chair umpire and getting no support on the tennis court. She has always found her own way to deal with injustice, whether it be on the tennis court or outside the tennis world.

Tennis fans cannot forget the 2004 Serena Williams’ wrong call incident

A video from that match has resurfaced on Twitter once again after almost 17 years. In that video, the former world number one is seen questioning the chair umpire about what went wrong regarding a point that was unfairly given to the three-time Grand Slam champion, Jennifer Capriati.

Furthermore, those calls were also confirmed to be wrong by the television replay system. However, the American tennis legend maintained her composure even after the terrible call. Eventually, she ended up losing the quarter-finals to her opponent, which created a lot of buzz. Not only that, after seeing the video again, tennis fans showed their concern in the comment section and talk about their point of view regarding the situation.

A fan blamed the 46-year-old tennis player for even accepting the point. And wrote, “Capriatti was beyonddddd trash for letting this unfold.” While another one wrote, “@JenCapria is an absolutely shameless and trashy person to even accept those points.”

Here are some comments raging over the incident.

Not only that, Williams once revealed how the constant patterns of judgment and injustice by line umpires impacted her game badly.

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Williams was traumatized after the incident

The former world number one highlighted how the Hawk-Eye technology had become a permanent feature in the latter years due to such horrendous calls from the line umpires in an interview from last year. The 41-year-old at the time admitted that the US Open quarterfinals of 2004 were a distressing experience for her since the line umpires began calling her balls out.

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She also discussed how this infraction changed her aggressive playing style. And after that, she was never the same again. She always had the dread that every time she prepared to hit a ball, whether it was close or far, it would be against her. The 23-time Grand Slam champion cited this fear to be the main reason behind her losing that match.